The triad of Basil of Caesarea, with his friend, Gregory of Nazianzus,
and his brother, Gregory of Nyssa, called the Cappadocian
Fathers (originally the Great Cappadocians) is a product of
modern scholars, who have regarded as significant the family
links, the geographical locality and their common theological commitment.
It is not a traditional designation: the three Fathers of
the fourth century singled out by the Church as universal teachers