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Nine Homilies of the Hexaemeron
Nine Lenten homilies preached at Caesarea expounding Genesis 1:1–26 — the foundational patristic creation commentary, paired with his brother Gregory of Nyssa's On the Making of Man which takes up Genesis 1:26–27 where Basil's death left off.
Attributed to
St. Basil the GreatLinked passages
Genesis 1:14Genesis 1:20Genesis 1:4Genesis 1:5Genesis 1:6Genesis 1:10Genesis 1:11Genesis 1:24Acts 20:29Amos 5:18Colossians 1:12Colossians 1:15Colossians 1:16Colossians 3:1Deuteronomy 28:23Ecclesiastes 1:6-7Ephesians 5:251 Corinthians 2:41 Corinthians 7:311 Corinthians 15:52Genesis 1:1Genesis 1:2Genesis 1:3Genesis 1:6-7Genesis 1:7Genesis 1:8Genesis 1:9-10Genesis 1:16Genesis 1:21Genesis 1:26Genesis 1:27Genesis 47:9Hebrews 1:3Hebrews 12:23Isaiah 1:3Isaiah 5:1Isaiah 44:27Jeremiah 5:22Job 38:6Joel 2:11John 10:30John 14:9John 15:1-6Matthew 4:26-28Matthew 16:3Matthew 21:33Matthew 24:35Philippians 3:2Proverbs 9:10Romans 1:16Romans 1:20Romans 1:21-22Romans 13:132 Kings 4:39Sirach 27:11
The beginning does not place God inside time; it marks the first appearance of created order by His free will.
Related passage: Genesis 1:1