Abstract
Abstract In the autumn of the year 355 a young man of 25 or 26 returned from his studies in Athens to Caesarea in Cappadocia. Following in his late father’ s footsteps, he intended to turn his extraordinary talents to a career as a rhetor. However, the initial attraction to the glamours of that profession was short-lived. His years as a student had already been marked by what he calls the search for ‘ a more perfect life’ (filov teXsqjtepod). Within the year, in 356, he was baptized by the local bishop, Dianios of Caesarea. Dianios, well aware of the young man’s potential, immediately began to draw him more and more into the affairs of the Church.
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