- CAPPADOCIAN FATHERS
- this title is given to three theologians--BASIL THE GREAT, GREGORY OF NAZIANZUS and GREGORY OF NYSSA--who played a prominent role at the COUNCIL OF CONSTANTINOPLE in defeating ARIANISM.
Concise dictionary of Religion. 2012.
CAPPADOCIAN FATHERS
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