Saint Basil the Great, Bishop and Doctor of the Church January 2, 2017January 2, 2017Posted in Baptism, Catholic, love, Mercy, Protection, St. Basil, UncategorizedTagged adoption, agent, Baptism, Basil, Bishop, captives, Church, death, debts, Doctor, for, garment, gift, Great, heaven, is, kingdom, of, price, public, ransom, regeneration, remission, Saint, seal, shining, sin, soul, st., the, unbreakable, vehicleLeave a comment Photo: “Saint Basil’s Cathedral at night” By Paramecium – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6631801 “Baptism is for the captives the ransom price, the remission of debts, the death of sin, the regeneration of the soul, a shining garment, an unbreakable seal, the vehicle to heaven, the public agent of the Kindgdom, the gift of adoption.” -St. Basil (330-379) Homiliae, 13, 5 Share this:TwitterFacebookMoreEmailPrintLinkedInRedditTumblrPinterestPocketLike this:Like Loading...