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==Heresy==

==Heresy==

After his death and in large measure due to his efforts, he was responsible for the victory of Nicene orthodoxy over [[Arianism]] in the Byzantine East, and the denunciation of Arianism at the [[Council of Constantinople]] in 381-82. Basil worked for the exclusion of unfit candidates from the sacred ministry and the deliverance of the bishops from the temptation of [[simony]]; ecclesiastical crime of paying for holy offices or positions in the hierarchy of a church.  Basil trained his [[clergy]] so strictly that they grew famous as the type of all that a priest should be. He was a cool, persistent, fearless fighter in defence both of doctrine and of principles. There was very little chance of opposing him successfully.

After his death and in large measure due to his efforts, he was responsible for the victory of Nicene orthodoxy over [[Arianism]] in the Byzantine East, and the denunciation of Arianism at the [[First Council of Constantinople]] in 381-82. Basil worked for the exclusion of unfit candidates from the sacred ministry and the deliverance of the bishops from the temptation of [[simony]]; ecclesiastical crime of paying for holy offices or positions in the hierarchy of a church.  Basil trained his [[clergy]] so strictly that they grew famous as the type of all that a priest should be. He was a cool, persistent, fearless fighter in defence both of doctrine and of principles. There was very little chance of opposing him successfully.

==Interests of the poor==

==Interests of the poor==