Letters (St. Basil of Caesarea) — Letter 356

St. Basil the Great

1. 0. Greeting

ST. BASIL OF CAESAREA

Basil to Libanius.

I am delighted at receiving what you write, but when you ask me to reply, I am in a difficulty. What could I say in answer to so Attic a tongue, except that I confess, and confess with joy, that I am a pupil of fishermen?