God gives some people more advantages than others. One man is born free with excellent parents, a good education, and food on the table. Another is born amidst danger, receives no schooling, and endures the daily challenge to eat.
Three men that enjoyed immense privilege in their youth were Nicene theologians known as the Cappadocian Fathers because they were natives of the province of Cappadocia in modern-day Turkey. The most formidable of the three was Basil of Caesarea (330-79), sometimes called Basil the Great; not only for his tremendous influence upon the Church, but for his generosity toward the needy.