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cappadocian fathers

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Gregory of Nyssa

Cappadocian Father and Bishop of Nyssa — brother of Basil of Caesarea — who developed the most philosophically sophisticated Christian mystical theology of the patristic era, arguing that the soul's ascent to God is an infinite progression (epektasis) rather than a final static union.

theologymystical theologycappadocian fatherseastern christianity
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