ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts covered in the preceding chapters of this book. The book discusses that St Basil is a true institution of the early Christian Church. It is very difficult to emphasise the most important features of St Basil's personality because they are part of a unique combination, each facet shines in its own way, yet at the same time defines and completes them. St Basil was a diplomat of the highest order in a world dominated by cruelty, in which law was overruled by the will of the Emperor. St Basil was a skilled missionary in troubled times for the Church and for the State. St Basil was able to elucidate the relationship of the Holy Spirit with the other two persons of the Holy Trinity, in a manner similar to that established in Nicaea, but without directly using the term homoousios.
