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Jerry Ireland. Basil of Caesarea (329-379) offers a unique take on the church’s evangelistic and social mandates. He does this by making mercy a frequent topic of his sermons and by locating compassionate action as evidence of salvation. Whereas contemporary debates tend to locate compassion as an outflow of the gospel, or as a byproduct,Continue reading “Proclaiming Mercy, Practicing Salvation: St. Basil’s Practical Theology of Evangelism and Social Action”