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  The History of Clan Cappadocian...
Cappadocians were instrumental to the growth of Christianity, carving churches and monasteries into the rock of the lands.
Cappadocians (and other vampires -- the Setites were hardly discriminating) then became the targets of corruptive practices designed to lead them from their course.
Cappadocian nuns and brothers healed the sick among the mortals, ever observing the entropy and decay evident in the lowest serf and the highest-born prince.
www.geocities.com /vampirehistory/Cappadocian_Clanbook.htm   (7378 words)

  
 The Dark Ages
The vast majority of Cappadocians are fascinated by the concepts of death and undeath--most specifically with what remains once the eternal soul has left the body.
Scholars believe that many Cappadocians either spend their nights in the cold arms of torpor or have immigrated into the Saracen East, as Cainite history implies that they were once far more common than they are tonight.
Cappadocians usually make their havens away from the mortal world and even other Cainites, where they may study in seclusion or conduct morbid experiments without unsettling other residents.
www.angelfire.com /de3/darkages/cappadocian.html   (1127 words)

  
 Cappadocianoptions
Due to the Cappadocian predilection for death, the clan has made a new inroads in otherwise neglected areas of thought.
By looking at her subject, the Cappadocian may discern exactly which physical disease, if any, ails the individual, and may cure it by lending the subject a bit of her own Fortitude.
Anyone attempting to exterminate a Cappadocian had better be sure that her "victim" does not command this power or she may find herself with a powerful, very long term enemy.
www.homestead.com /autarkis/Cappadocianoptions.html   (2058 words)

  
 Ex Libris Nocturnis -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Known among Cainites as the Clan of Death, the Cappadocians are deeply interested in the workings of the human and vampiric body.
Cappadocian havens are often full of medical texts, histories, or books on philosophy.
Because of the large numbers of Neonates and Ancillae lost in the Reaper War and the rapid Embracing to enlarge the Clan during rebuilding of the clan the Cappadocians have a higher-than-average generation.
www.nocturnis.net /articles/vampire/default/2003/August/393/page1.html   (920 words)

  
 Cappadocia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cappadocia, in this sense, was bounded in the south by the chain of Mount Taurus, to the east by the Euphrates, north by Pontus, and west vaguely by the great central salt lake.
Herodotus tells us that the name of the Cappadocians (Katpatouka) was applied to them by the Persians, while they were termed by the Greeks "Syrians" or "White Syrians" (Leucosyri).
The Cappadocians, supported by Rome against Mithradates, elected a native lord, Ariobarzanes, to succeed (93 BC); but it was not till Rome had disposed at once of the Pontic and Armenian kings that his rule was established (63 BC).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cappadocia   (943 words)

  
 Historical and Ethnological Museum of Cappadocian Greeks
Cappadocians were mainly occupied with trade and certain cottage industries.
Religion played a very important part in the lives of Hellino - Cappadocians, because it was the link which kept them united and which allowed them to preserve their Hellenic spirit under the Ottoman rule.
One of their first tasks was to collect as many items from the past as possible, a past whose traces had already begun to fade with the passing of time.
www.stegi-karvalis.gr /English/mouseio.htm   (854 words)

  
 Cappadocian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Cappadocians are one of the Original clans created by the Antediluvian (3rd Generation Vampires).
In the middle ages, the Cappadocians Embraced a small cabal of necromancers, in order to further their studies of Death and the afterlife.
It was with the hope of the Cappadocians that this shared knowledge would help break down the final barriers of Death, revealing the truths they have sought for millennia.
home.nc.rr.com /movieboy/cappadocian.htm   (260 words)

  
 CAPPADOCIA - LoveToKnow Article on CAPPADOCIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
That author tells us that the name of the Cappadocians (Katpatouka) was applied to them by the Persians, while they were termed by the Greeks Syrians, or White Syrians (Leucosyri).
Under the later kings of the Persian emuire the were divided into two satrapies or governments, the one comprising the central and inland portion, to which the name of Cappadocia continued to be applied by Greek geographers, while the other was called Cappadocia ~ar llvroii, or simply Pontus (q.v.).
The Cappadocian peasants are still in the habit of taking service in the West of the peninsula and only returning to their homes after long absences; their labor is now much valued by employers, as they are a strong sober folk.
63.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CA/CAPPADOCIA.htm   (2806 words)

  
 Resources for Christian Theology - On the Holy Spirit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Cappadocian way of thinking is thus strongly present behind the Eastern preference for a meta-historical or eschatological approach to the mystery of God as contrasted with the Western concern with God's acts in history.
None of the Greek Fathers, certainly none of the Cappadocians, would understand the mediation of the Son in the procession of the Spirit as in any sense implying that the Son is another ‘cause’ in divide existence.
Cappadocian theology proves once more to be crucial in any attempt at a fuller understanding and reception of the Pneumatology of the First Council of Constantinople.
www.douglasknight.org /mambo/content/view/172/42   (6430 words)

  
 For he who lives more lives than one. More deaths than one must die.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In vampiric society, Cappadocians often fill the role of advisors to the leaders of a sect.
Most Cappadocians spend their nights engaged in study of death, so it is not surprising that many of them affect the dress of scholars and monks.
Cappadocians select neonates from scholars and the priesthood, though occasionally an executioner, a tomb-robber, theif or Crusader is chosen for the Becoming.
soiuser.hyperchat.com /diyaaldin/homepage.html   (1066 words)

  
 VtM - WhiteWolf: Genealogy -- Cappadocians
The Harbingers of Skulls are probably the Cappadocians that responded to Cappadocius's call and were entraped (Feast of Folly, two millenia ago).
The Lamia is another offshot of the Cappadocians, described in Dark Ages Companion.
He might be the sire of Baron Samedi.He is probably the Cappadocian obsessed with God and revenge against the Giovanni in [CN-Gi], that arises in Egypt, then settles in New Orleans, appears wearing a hood.
vampirerpg.free.fr /Genealogy/Cappadocian.html   (936 words)

  
 Gregory of Nazianzus and the Trinity
The Cappadocians, beginning with Basil, were first to use the two Greek words, as technical terms to describe the unity and diversity of the Godhead.
Cappadocian approach is demonstrated by the way they distinguish between the hypostases of the Godhead, emphasising the distinct role each has played in salvation history, but also relating them particularly to the Father.
Further, the emphases by the Cappadocians, on the economic aspect of the Trinity, and on its relational life are bearing much fruit in modern Trinitarian thought and are often seen as clearly superior to the Augustinian model.
freespace.virgin.net /linz.cullen/nazianzus.html   (5109 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: The Cappadocians (Outstanding Christian Thinkers S.): Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In the final third of the fourth century the three great Cappadocian Fathers were at the centre of a creative encounter between the Christian community and the classical heritage of late antiquity.
This is an excellent general introduction to the three Cappadocian Fathers: Basil of Caesarea (aka Basil the Great), Gregory of Nazianzus (aka Gregory Nazianzen) and Gregory of Nyssa (aka Gregory the Theologian).
Meredith traces the roots of Cappadocian theology and then devotes space to each of the three in turn, giving insight into their background and character and drawing out their respective contributions to Trinitarian theology and their thinking on the Christian life as a process of "thewsis" or 'deification', i.e.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0881411124   (532 words)

  
 380, St. Gregory of Nazianzus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
It seems to be by plan that God raised up the Cappadocians, and brought together a number of circumstances by which they could be so effective: firm faith and apostolic zeal, excellent Christian families, family wealth, life-long friendship and cooperation, excellent education, perseverance against persecuting governments...
The Cappadocian writers gave precise definition to words, and were consistent in their use of them.
Cappadocian definitions were appreciated then and are still used this very day.
www.hist.edu /380gregory.html   (4005 words)

  
 Vampire Bloodlines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Cappadocian: the Antediluvian of clan Cappadocian was diablerized by Augustus Giovanni.
In modern times, the Lamia are gone and the Cappadocians, thought to be extinct, may have reappeared.
This bloodline was once a group of warriors and they defended their parent line with all of their power.
members.aol.com /KismetsWOD/vampire/VampireClans2.html   (954 words)

  
 Ex Libris Nocturnis -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Together, the Lamia and the rebelling Cappadocians destroyed the loyalist Gorgons, denying the main clan the Path of the Four Humours as well as the Lamia’s protection and special knowledge.
Those Cappadocian antitribu chosen for their mystic prowess are still fit, though the emphasis is on their mental strength more then physical.
The sorcerers in the line are often given positions of high respect for their art, but then again as they are so often called on by higher ranks, they do not generally have time to join a cell.
www.nocturnis.net /articles/vampire/default/2003/August/394/page1.html   (1144 words)

  
 Cappadocians   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In the middle ages, the Cappadocians Embraced a small cabal of necromancers, in order to further their necromantic studies.
Appearance: Most Cappadocians spend their nights engaged in study of death, so it is not surprising that many of them affect the dress of scholars and monks.
Background: Cappadocians select neonates from scholars and the priesthood, though occasionally an executioner, tomb-robber, thief or Crusader is chosen for the Becoming.
www.patman.org /wod/clans/Cappadocians.asp   (453 words)

  
 Apollonius.Net - White Syrians Of Aramaean Cappadocia
The southwestern Cappadocian cities of Nevsehir, Aksaray, Nidge, Bor and Kemerhisar/Tyana would be south of the river and not within those boundaries of Cappadocia proper.
Ariarathes, the first man who had the title of King of the Cappadocians, attached Cataonia to Cappadocia (Strabo, p.534, in whose text there is some little confusion, but it does not affect the general meaning; Groskurd's note on the passage is not satisfactory).
The native Cappadocians seem originally to have belonged to the Syrian stock: and since Ptolemy (v.6) places the cities of Iconium [modern Konya, RS] and Derbe within the limits of this region, we may possibly obtain from this circumstance some light on "the speech of Lycanoia", Acts xiv.11.
www.apollonius.net /whitesyrians.html   (8714 words)

  
 The Cappadocians on the Human Knowledge of God
Here it is that a discussion of the Cappadocian understanding of the process of e0pi/noia must begin, with the essence/energy distinction—an approach not always embraced by modern commentators on the subject.
It is precisely this dialectic that is addressed by the Cappadocian essence/energy distinction, and from it that they draw the idea of God as knowable only in those aspects of His being that are made manifest among creation and thus open to deliberation and conceptualisation.
The Cappadocian response gave credence to their rejection of Neo-Arian epistemology by providing a reasoned means of explaining how such a knowledge could, in fact, come about, and what is more, how it could be the only means of human apprehension of the divine.
www.monachos.net /patristics/epinoia_ennoia.shtml   (3015 words)

  
 The Independent Clans -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
However the Cappadocians that survived the Giovanni Purges kept themselves hidden and silent intil farely recently.
However no matter how much blood an Cappadocian drinks she/he still remains corspelike and pale and very notably to others for this creates problems if they have to deal with mortals.
Organization: The Cappadocians mostly due to the Giovanni Purges have a very closeness between each other often sharing knowledge between each other as well as having their havens protected by many mortal ghouls.
www.freewebs.com /independent_clans/cappadocians.htm   (146 words)

  
 Cappadocia
It seems always to have been deficient in wood, but it was a good grain country, and particularly famous for grazing.
The native Cappadocians seem to have originally belonged to the Syrian stock.
The history of this Cappadocian kingdom is involved, obscure and bloody.
holycall.com /biblemaps/cappadocia.htm   (555 words)

  
 Table of Contents: Becoming Christian
Cappadocians were also there at the end of imperial hostility toward Christianity in the eastern empire.
All three Cappadocian Fathers were instrumental in defining the doctrine of the Trinity that was accepted as orthodox at the Council of Constantinople in 381.
Their meticulous research on Cappadocian theology is truly magnificent, and numerous detailed studies have culminated in the grand surveys of Karl Holl, Jean Daniélou, Thomas A. Kopecek, Hanns Christof Brennecke, R. Hanson, and Jaroslav Pelikan.
www.upenn.edu /pennpress/book/toc/13982.html   (2107 words)

  
 The Development of the Neo-Platonist Model (No. 17)
The Cappadocians (and also Augustine) went considerably beyond the scriptural understanding of economy by locating God's relationship to the Son (and the Spirit) at the 'intradivine' level (p.
The Cappadocian response to Arianism* and Eunomianism must be understood against the backdrop to mystical theology.
The next development of Trinitarianism was by Augustine where the linear representation of the Cappadocians from Father to Son to the Holy Spirit was altered to an interrelationship which came to be represented as a triangle with each of the entities equally placed.
english.ccg.org /english/s/p017.html   (5114 words)

  
 GameSpot:Video Games PC PlayStation 2 GameCube PSP DS GBA PS2 PS3 Xbox 360 PlayStation 3
The Cappadocians are widely considered the most scholarly of the vampire clans.
Like any vampire in the Cappadocian clan, Serena is fascinated by or even infatuated with death and the study of its secrets.
However, a closer inspection of her fair skin shows it to be of the distinctive pallor of the Cappadocian vampire clan.
www.gamespot.com /features/vampirered_pre/page3.html   (434 words)

  
 Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2005.02.37
Yet the majority of the work on the Cappadocians is still done by those scholars with a pious, sectarian viewpoint.
The book is organized in three sections, which are further divided into chapters: "Fathers and Sons," "Mothers and Daughters," and "Friendship." The simplicity and clarity of the chapters belie the vast amount of reading and meticulous historical reconstruction on Van Dam's part.
His control of a sizeable number of sources, especially the Cappadocians' correspondence, is impressive, as he analyzes a lifetime of experiences in the friendships of the three bishops.
ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/2005/2005-02-37.html   (1747 words)

  
 Doctrine of the Trinity - Part 2
The most prominent of the Eastern theologians are the great Cappadocian Fathers: Gregory Nazianzen, Gregory Nyssen and Basil, who were most active from the period 360-81CE.
When the Cappadocian theologians argued for the doctrine of one Being, three Persons (mia ousia treis hypostaseis) they did so on the ground that the ousia had the same relation to the hypostasis as the general or common to the particular.
The "social" model is more heavily indebted to the Cappadocians, and is represented by theologians such as Cornelius Plantinga, Leonardo Boff, Jürgen Moltmann, Richard Swinburne, Millard Erickson and Clark Pinnock.
www.irr.org /mit/trinity2.html   (3864 words)

  
 Game Play - Clan Weakness
Although the Giovanni were embraced by the Cappadocians for there skills and knowledge of Necromancy, they were also embraced for their wealth.
Cappadocians discovered research costs money, and the Giovanni being merchants were to be the suppliers of this money.
Cappadocians suffered from looking like fresh corpses, with more and more childer developing the visage of a rotting corpse.
homepage.mac.com /ronromine/FAQ/gameplay-clanweakness.html   (2897 words)

  
 Blood Magic - Necromacy
It was rumored that the Samedi were descended from the Cappadocians, thus their knowledge of the Giovanni's Necromancy.
The Giovanni were recruited to expand the Cappadocian's knowledge of death, by developing new Paths of Mortis.
The Cappadocians had at least three Paths of Mortis, with the Lamia sub-clan practicing a fourth Path (the Path of the Four Humors).
homepage.mac.com /ronromine/FAQ/bloodmagic-necromancy.html   (2895 words)

  
 BIBLIOGRAPHY #3: Athanasius & the Trinitarian Controversy
A massive 900-page study of Nicaea, Athanasius, and the Cappadocians by one of the deans of patristic studies.
This is the finest and the most exhaustive treatment of the theology of the Trinitarian controversy.
I.P. Williams, "The Cappadocians," The Cambridge History of Late Greek and Early Medieval Philosophy, ed.
camellia.shc.edu /theology/Athanasius.htm   (1819 words)

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