Cappadocian Fathers

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Church Fathers group of Christian theologians patristic theologians

The Cappadocian Fathers were a group of 4th-century Christian theologians—primarily Basil the Great, Gregory of Nazianzus, and Gregory of Nyssa—who played a key role in shaping orthodox Trinitarian doctrine in the early Church.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Cappadocian Fathers canonical	32
Cappadocian Fathers circle	2
Cappadocian Christians	1
Cappadocian Fathers family circle	1
Cappadocian Fathers’ corpus	1
Cappadocian Fathers’ family	1
Cappadocian theology	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Church Fathers ⓘ group of Christian theologians ⓘ patristic theologians ⓘ
activeInCentury	4th century ⓘ
associatedWith	Cappadocian theology ⓘ Nicene Creed ⓘ
contributedTo	development of Christian mystical theology ⓘ formulation of orthodox Trinitarian doctrine ⓘ
doctrineEmphasized	consubstantiality of the Son with the Father ⓘ distinction between divine essence and persons ⓘ full divinity of the Holy Spirit ⓘ
emphasizedConcept	apophatic theology ⓘ theosis ⓘ
era	Late Antiquity ⓘ
geographicalContext	Roman province of Cappadocia ⓘ
historicalContext	post-Nicene period ⓘ
influenced	Byzantine theology ⓘ First Council of Constantinople ⓘ surface form: Council of Constantinople (381) medieval scholastic theology ⓘ
influencedBy	Athanasius of Alexandria ⓘ Origen ⓘ
knownFor	clarifying the doctrine of the Trinity ⓘ defense of Nicene orthodoxy ⓘ development of Trinitarian theology ⓘ influence on Eastern Orthodox theology ⓘ influence on Western Christian theology ⓘ
language	Greek ⓘ
legacy	standardization of Trinitarian terminology in Greek theology ⓘ
member	Basil of Caesarea ⓘ surface form: Basil the Great Gregory of Nazianzus ⓘ Gregory of Nyssa ⓘ
opposed	Arianism ⓘ Pneumatomachianism ⓘ
region	Cappadocia ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
roleInChurch	bishops and monastic leaders ⓘ
theologicalSchool	Greek patristic tradition ⓘ
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Referenced by (39)

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Catechetical School of Alexandria → influenced → Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ

Trinitarian controversies of the 4th century → involves → Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ

Orations → associatedWith → Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ

Caesarea in Cappadocia → associatedWith → Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ

Arianzum → associatedWithGroup → Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ

On the Soul and the Resurrection → partOf → Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cappadocian Fathers’ corpus

Life of Moses → associatedWith → Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ

Against Eunomius → associatedWith → Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ

On the Making of Man → movement → Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ

On the Making of Man → workOf → Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cappadocian theology

Homilies on the Song of Songs → associatedWith → Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ

Macrina the Younger → influenced → Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ

Macrina the Younger → family → Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cappadocian Fathers’ family

Peter of Sebaste → memberOf → Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cappadocian Fathers circle

On First Principles → influenceOn → Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ

John Zizioulas → influencedBy → Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ

Naucratius → associatedWith → Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ

Caesarius of Nazianzus → family → Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cappadocian Fathers circle

Caesarius of Nazianzus → associatedWith → Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cappadocian Christians

Questions to Thalassius → influencedBy → Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ

Metropolitan of Cappadocia → associatedWith → Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ

Hexaemeron → associatedWith → Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ

Longer Rules → tradition → Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ

Eunomianism → opposedBy → Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ

Homilies → influencedBy → Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ

Christian monastic heritage of Greece → influencedBy → Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ

Basil the Elder → notableFamily → Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cappadocian Fathers family circle

Basil the Elder → associatedWith → Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ

Macedonianism → opposedBy → Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ

Byzantine theology → basedOn → Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ

Byzantine Anaphora of Saint Basil → associatedWith → Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ

negative theology → associatedWith → Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ

Homoousian theology → influencedBy → Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ

writings of Gregory of Nazianzus → associatedWith → Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ

Gregory of Nazianzus family → associatedWith → Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ

Oration 8 of Gregory of Nazianzus (On his sister Gorgonia) → workOf → Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ

Sasima → associatedWith → Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ

Gregory Thaumaturgus → influenced → Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ

Roman province of Cappadocia → notableChristianFigures → Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ