Translation of a Portion of St. Basil's Letter to Gregory

Yet he who contemplates the Father, and contemplates Him for Himself, also accepts the Son in (his) thought. And he who receives Him, does not divide the Spirit from the Son, but indeed (μεν) (by) following in accord with the order [of the Trinity], and also, in coordination (συνημμενως) [with the order of the Trinity] in accord (κατα) to the nature of the Three, regarding (κατα) this co-mingling in Himself [of both the order and the nature of the Trinity], he forms an image of the Faith. And the one who speaks only of the Spirit, receives in this confession [of the Spirit] also the One of whom the Spirit is. And since the Spirit is of Christ, [It is] also from God, just as Paul says. Just as, from a chain, he who lays hold for himself of one end (ακρου), and the other end (of the chain) follows together, so also he who draws on the Spirit, just as the Prophet says, through (the Spirit) he also draws together the Son and the Father. And if he might truly receive the Son, he shall have (the Son) from both [other Persons], on the one side the Father Himself, and on the other side [the Son’s] own Spirit, being ensnared together (συνεπαγομενον). For neither shall the One who constantly exists in His Father be able to be cut off from the Father, nor shall the One who is always working in [the Spirit] at some time be separated from His own Spirit. And, similarly, he who receives the Father likewise (και) receives together the Son and the Spirit in power.