187:. Cunningham agrees that it is spurious but rejects this association in favour of anonymity, dating it to the early 6th century. Nevertheless, in his extensive assessment of the arguments, R Caro accepts the work as authentic and O'Carroll assigns its precise provenance to Constantinople in 449. Likewise, Tevel affirms its authenticity. Peltomaa is unconvinced of any attribution but agrees with a date preceding the
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is intrinsically linked to the incarnation and is not explicitly said to involve ongoing mediation. At the same time, his direct invocation of the
Theotokos with royal appelations and a plethora of praises of her exalted status suggests a developing understanding of such a capacity on the Virgin's part. Reynolds identifies him as the first person known to have used the term Mediatrix, a short while before
156:. For Basil, Mary is the one "through whom the angels are rightly glorified," the one " the rule of death is destroyed", among many other appellations. Limberis observes that Basil's hymnic oration "reflect the growth of the cult of the Theotokos, sanctioned by the bishops, incorporated into the liturgical cycle of the year."
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of God and men that the dividing element of hatred might be taken away and heavenly and earthly be made one." This helped standardise language and concepts for the medieval Marian doctrine of intercession grounded in her role as Mother of God. Her mediatorial role in Basil's theology, Reynolds says,
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O'Carroll additionally observes that Basil "marks an advance" over previous theologians in his teachings on Marian intercession, wherein the bishop sets forth a clear understanding of the Virgin's mediatorial capacity, and strongly links it with her divine motherhood. In so doing, he applies
135:, intertwined with the mystery of the incarnation. O'Carroll notes that "he cannot praise the Theotokos fittingly", declaring that she is the temple truly worthy of God, and "shines above all the martyrs as the sun outshines the stars", language consistent with earlier contemporaries like
131:. Written in the highly-charged theological climate after the Council of Ephesus, the homiletic hymn is of a devotional nature, bearing witness to the blossoming of Mariologial thought. True to form with his Christological convictions, he affirms the divine maternity and title of
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His date of birth is uncertain but probably around the turn of the 5th century; he was consecrated bishop by 448, a position he held for at least a decade. Basil was a notable figure during the period when the
Eastern Church was convulsed by the
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controversy, and was necessarily obliged to take sides in all the attendant disputes. Those of his writings which have come down to us, though perhaps too rhetorical and involved, suggest that he was a man of great literary ability.
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is fully human and fully divine, and either 'one nature' or 'two nature' language is orthodox if rightly understood. He is particularly notable for originating the qualified
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Thecla and of the miracles wrought at her grave. Most of these sermons may be regarded as genuine, though some of them are now generally assigned to
Nestorius.
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Basil was a staunch anti-Nestorian, stressing the real union of the two natures of the incarnate Logos whereby "God the Word was incarnate of the Virgin."
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formula promulgated in the
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the next year (449), where he voted for the rehabilitation of
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now generally recognised as authentic (for discussion of which, see 'Writings' below), Basil bears witness to a highly developed
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