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• Archelaus, Saint, d. 282
• Aphrahat, Saint, 4th c.
• The Cappadocians
  • Basil the Great, bishop of Caesarea, c. 329–379
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  • Gregory of Nyssa, c. 330–c. 394
    • brother of Basil the Great
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  • Gregory of Nazianzus, c. 330–c.390
    • friend of Basil the Great
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• Caesarius of Nazianzus, d. 369
  • brother of Gregory of Nazianzus
• Cyril of Jerusalem, d. 386
• Leontius of Byzantium, d. c. 545
• Pseudo-Dionysius, the Areopagite, flourished c. 500
  • Syrian monk
  • synthesized Christianity with Neoplatonism
  • emphasized negative theology
  • describes the ascent of the soul
• Romanos Melodos, 6th c.
  • wrote hymns
  • known for kontakion, form of acrostic sermon written in verse
• Anastasius Sinaita, Saint, d. 700
• Andrew of Crete, Saint, d. 740
• Maximus the Confessor
  • critic of monothelitism
  • saw the Incarnation as goal of history
• John of Damascus, early 8th c.
  • synthesis of Greek fathers
  • defended icons