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The Cappadocian Fathers, also traditionally known as the Three Cappadocians, were a trio of Byzantine Christian prelates, theologians and monks who helped shape both early Christianity and the monastic tradition.
The Cappadocian Fathers (St. Gregory of Nyssa, St. Gregory of Nazianzus, and St. Basil of Caesarea) were even accused of being tri-theists because of their conception of God as one essence in three hypostases (the Greek term hypostasis was the equivalent of the Latin substantia and…
The Cappadocian Fathers consist of Basil the Great, his younger brother Gregory of Nyssa, and Gregory of Nazianzus (also called "Gregory the Theologian"). Basil became bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia in 370; Gregory of Nyssa, the most philosophical of the three, was appointed bishop of Nyssa in 372; Gregory of Nazianzus, the theologian, was ...
Oct 19, 2016 · Cappadocia is in Turkey, and the three Cappadocians were early Greek church fathers. Two of them were brothers, and all three of them were friends. The first was Basil of Caesarea. He was born in 330 and he lived to 379. And then we have his brother, Gregory of Nyssa.
May 6, 2019 · by Matthew Y. Emerson. Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, and Gregory of Nazianzus, known collectively as “The Cappadocian Fathers,” were instrumental in solidifying Trinitarian orthodoxy in the fourth century. Both their stories and their theological contributions are intertwined.
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Andrew Radde-Gallwitz. ABSTRACT. This chapter identifies an apophatic theology common to the three Cappadocian Fathers—Basil. of Caesarea, Gregory of Nazianzus, and Gregory of Nyssa. The central theme of their apophatic. theology is the incomprehensibility of God. God, they argue, is known under multiple concepts. and names.
The three Cappadocian fathers are Basil the Great (329-379), his brother Gregory of Nyssa (335-394) and his friend Gregory of Nazianzus (330-389). Basil and Gregory of Nyssa lived in the same household where they were heavily influenced in their theology and spirituality by their sister Macrina who consecrated herself to Christ after the ...
