Read the same holy man’s _Against Arius and his Doctrines_, in
five books. The style, as in all his works, is clear, free from
redundancies and simple, but vehement and deep, and the arguments,
of which he has an abundant store, are extremely forceful. He uses
logical arguments, not with the very words taken straight from them,
after the fashion of children and those whose knowledge of a subject
is recent, who are always eager to make a childish display, but in
the imposing and dignified manner of a philosopher, using simple
ideas and these well set forth. He also strongly fortifies himself
with evidence and proofs from Holy Writ. In a word, this work alone
is a complete refutation of Arianism. If any one were to say that
Gregory the theologian and the holy Basil drew from it as from a
fountain the limpid and beautiful stream of their own works written
against the same heresy, he would not be far wrong.