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Cappadocian Fathers (341 words) |
 | Two brothers and a close friend, these three theologians became defenders of Nicene orthodoxy and carried forward the work of Origen, Tertullian, and Athanasius in formulating the doctrine of the Trinity. |
| The Cappadocian fathers contributed to the emergence of a doctrine of the Trinity that stood between the extremes of Arianism and monarchianism. |
| While Athanasius had emphasized the single substance of the Godhead through the concept homoousios, the Cappadocians accented the idea of hypostasis or "person," which made it possible to speak in a balanced way of the Trinity as a Godhead of one substance and three persons. |
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Church Fathers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (371 words) |
| The Church Fathers or Fathers of the Church are the early and influential theologians and writers in the Christian Church, particularly those of the first five centuries of Christian history. |
| Famous Apostolic Fathers are St. Clement of Rome, the author of the Didache and the Shepherd of Hermas. |
| The Desert Fathers were early monastics living in the Egyptian desert; although they did not write as much, their influence was also great. |
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