On the Holy Spirit - Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea; Hildebrand, Stephen M. (Crestwood, N.Y. : St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2011)
On the necessity of inquiry into the most minute matters in theology -- On the origin of the heretics' examination of words -- That the logic-chopping with words is from pagan wisdom -- That the Scriptures do not observe this use of these words -- That "through whom" is said of the Father and "from whom," of the Son and the Spirit -- A reply to those who declare that the Son is not with the Father, but after the Father, in whom there is an equality in glory and honor -- Against those who say that "through whom" and not "with whom" is fittingly predicated of the Son -- On the manifold meaning of "through whom," on the sense in which "with whom" is better, and on the way in which the Son takes a command and is sent -- Distinct thoughts on the Holy Spirit following the teaching of the Scriptures -- Against those who say that the Holy Spirit must not rank with the Father and the Son -- That those who deny the Spirit are transgressors -- Against those who say that baptism in the Lord is sufficient even by itself -- A rendering of the reason why the angels are associated with the Father and the Son by Paul -- The objection that some were baptized into Moses and believed in him; and the reply to this, in which is also a consideration of types -- A reply to their objection that we are baptized also into water, and a treatment of baptism along the way -- That the Holy Spirit is indivisible from the Father and the Son, in every thought, in the creation of intellectual substances, in the economy on behalf of men, and in the awaited judgment -- Against those who say that the Holy Spirit is to be numbered not with the Father and the Son, but under them; and in this exposition there is also a general summary of the faith concerning the pious way of numbering [one] with [another] -- How, in confessing three persons, we maintain the pious dogma of the monarchy; and along the way, a refutation of those who assert that the Spirit is sub-numerated -- Against those who say that the Spirit is not glorified -- Against those who say that the Spirit is neither in the rank of a slave nor in that of a master, but in that of free men -- Witnesses from the Scriptures that the Spirit is called Lord -- A proof of the Spirit's communion in nature from the fact that like the Father and the Son, he is beyond comprehension -- That to recount the Spirit's properties is to glorify him -- A refutation of the absurd position of those who do not glorify the Spirit from the additional fact that some creatures are glorified -- That Scripture uses the word "in" in place of "with" and that "and" has the same force as "with" -- That "in" is spoken of the Spirit in as many ways as "and" is found -- Whence the word "with " began and what sort of meaning it has, and also a treatment of the non-scriptural customs of the church -- That the Scripture speaks of men as ruling with Christ, but our opponents do not grant the same things of the Spirit -- An enumeration of the illustrious men of the church who used the word "with" in their writings -- Explanation of the present state of the churches.
Keywords: Basilius -- Caesariensis -- 330-379 -- De spiritu sancto