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    Learning from Basil

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    A man who changed the world It is easy to think that somehow people who didn’t live in the current times are somehow less developed than we are. One person from the very early days of the Christian church (about 300 A.D.) seems to be to be someone who we need to be learning from rather than feeling superior to. Basil of Cappadocia is fast becoming one of my heroes. We in Fusion talk about establishing Basilan Monastic Model communities, and I think Poatina is the closest we have come to that, however I think we still have a lot to learn from this father of the Christian church. I…

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