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pa·tris·tic

(pə-trĭs′tĭk) also pa·tris·ti·cal (-tĭ-kəl)
adj.
Of or relating to the fathers of the early Christian church or their writings.

pa·tris′ti·cal·ly adv.
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patristic

(pəˈtrɪstɪk) or

patristical

adj
(Ecclesiastical Terms) of or relating to the Fathers of the Church, their writings, or the study of these
paˈtristically adv
paˈtristics n (functioning as singular)
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pa•tris•tic

(pəˈtrɪs tɪk)

also pa•tris′ti•cal,



adj.
of or pertaining to the fathers of the Christian church or their writings.
[1830–40; < Greek patr-, s. of patḗr father + -istic]
pa•tris′ti•cal•ly, adv.
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Adj. 1. patristic - of or relating to the writings of the early church fathers
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Her insistence on seeing biblical reading as interwoven with the rhetorical composition and exposition of a variety of genres in multiple contexts of use should rule out subsequent flat-footed reductions of the character of patristic interpretation either to the commentary genre or to theoretical pronouncements about scriptural hermeneutics (e.g.
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International Patristic Conference (8th: 2012: Maynooth, Ireland) Edited by Janet Elaine Rutherford
The other volume considers the reception in Patristic, Gnostic, and Christian Neoplatonic texts.
Fleming's remarkable analysis of the Geryon character in Dante's Inferno, with myriad allusions to classical, scriptural, and patristic sources; and Marsha L.
As such, the reader is led through a seemingly disorganized collection of essays that include some commentaries on Augustine's political theology, the intentional esotericism of classical and patristic thought, the continuity and difference between classical and early Christian rhetoric, the critique of twentieth-century Catholic higher education, the question and status of ecumenism, as well as book reviews, notes, and speeches.
For example, the church's patristic age assures contemporary preachers that the situation in which the contemporary church finds itself is not new.
Gabriel Bunge, OSB, Earthen Vessels; The Practice of Personal Prayer According to the Patristic Tradition, San Francisco, Ignatius Press, 2002, 222 pages with index, 28ドル.25 (Cdn)
The introductory essay identifies humanistic, patristic, but mainly classical sources--not only for direct quotations but also for those indirect allusions through which humanist insiders liked to demonstrate their classical erudition to other insiders.
In addition to translation and notes, three apparatuses--biblical, patristic, and critical--are given at the foot of each page of Aileran's text.
To flesh out candles' metaphorical content, we look at a tradition, which may be traced back to the patristic period that saw the wick as representing Jesus' soul and the wax, his body.

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