Fasting: Basil the Great on True Fasting
Teaching on Fasting from Basil the Great: Basil the Great on True Fasting
This is a spiritual discipline on fasting and justice, drawing on Isaiah 58:6-7, Zechariah 7:5-10 and James 1:27.
Basil the Great (d. 379), Archbishop of Caesarea, preached two famous homilies on fasting. He taught: "Fasting gives birth to prophets and strengthens the powerful; fasting makes lawgivers wise. It is a good safeguard for the soul, a steadfast companion for the body, a weapon for the valiant, a gymnasium for athletes." But Basil was equally concerned about false fasting.…
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