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'''On the Holy Spirit''' (or ''De Spiritu Sanctu'') refers to is a timeless resource written work of [[Pneumatology]] by Saint [[Basil the Great]]. This work was written around 374 AD. to Basil's friend Amphilochius, as a direct response to the Pneumatomachi[[Pneumatomachianism|Pneumatomachians]], who doubted taught that the Holy Spirit was is not God.

:''[The Spirit's] operations, what are they? For majesty ineffable, and for numbers innumerable. ... [The Spirit] existed; He pre-existed; He co-existed with the Father and the Son before the ages. ... Is it Christ's advent? The Spirit is forerunner. Is there the incarnate presence? The Spirit is inseparable. Working of miracles, and gifts of healing are through the Holy Spirit. Demons were driven out by the Spirit of God. The devil was brought to naught by the presence of the Spirit. Remission of sins was by the gift of the Spirit, for 'ye were washed, ye were sanctified ... in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the holy Spirit of our God.' There is close relationship with God through the Spirit, for 'God hath sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying Abba, Father.' The resurrection from the dead is effected by the operation of the Spirit, for 'Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created; and Thou renewest the face of the earth'.''

==External Sources=='''Availability of text at following sources:'''* [http://www.myriobiblos.gr/texts/english/basil_spiritu.html '''Myriobiblos''']* [http://www.monachos.net/library/Basil_the_Great_of_Caesarea,_Oration_on_the_Holy_Spirit '''Monachos.net'''] ==List of ChaptersChapter list==

-- ''From: Schaff - Wace, (ed)., Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, Series II, v. 8, tr. by the Rev. Blomfield Jackson, London 1894''  ==Sources==* [http://www.myriobiblos.gr/texts/english/basil_spiritu.html Myriobiblos]* [http://www.monachos.net/library/Basil_the_Great_of_Caesarea,_Oration_on_the_Holy_Spirit Monachos.net] [[Category:Texts]]