Patristic

Word PATRISTIC
Character 9
Hyphenation pa tris tic
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Definitions and meanings of "Patristic"

What do we mean by patristic?

Of or relating to the fathers of the early Christian church or their writings. adjective

One who studies or adheres to the doctrines of the fathers of the Christian church. noun

Of or pertaining to the fathers of the Christian church: as, patristic theology; patristic writings.

Of or pertaining to the Fathers of the Christian church. adjective

Of or pertaining to the fathers of the early Christian church, especially to their writings adjective

Of or relating to the writings of the early church fathers adjective

Of or pertaining to the fathers of the early Christian church, especially their writings

Relating to a lineage

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The word "patristic" in example sentences

Though the term patristic belongs to the whole period here under consideration, as contrasted with the term scholastic applied to the Middle Ages, it may nevertheless be restricted to the period we are now describing. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Fourth, the idea of patristic authority (auctoritas patrum or auctoritas sanctorum) juxtaposed the notion of authorization (the inspiration of the Fathers by Holy Scripture), the notion of persuasion apart from or prior to rational demonstration, the notion of personal expertise in the juristic formulation of a canonical faith, and the anthropological reverence for the elders (auctoritas maiorum as the respect due the fathers of a Christian doctrinal tradition). ❋ LEONARD KRIEGER (1968)

"The Mass is very ritualistic, filled with scriptural and what we would call 'patristic' allusions." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Isn't that what all of their patristic citations tried to prove?! ❋ Unknown (2009)

Biblical literalism — a modernism, alien to the patristic and medieval minds — produces a variety of views repugnant to physics, evolutionary biology, cosmology, etc. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Besides that, for the skeptical modern reader, or even for most Christians, it is more important to outline what assumptions underlie modern thought and how J.P. Deuce has answered, used, or rejected those assumptions, rather than to show how he has used patristic sources, which the skeptical modern reader, and even some Christians, won't care much about. ❋ Unknown (2009)

By the way, for my money, it's hard to top The Hidden Manna: A Theology of the Eucharist, by Fr. James T. O'Connor, when it comes to an examination of the biblical, patristic, and Magisterial teachings about the Eucharist. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Then just in time for Halloween, we even have a patristic discussion of ghosts! ❋ Unknown (2009)

He did not hesitate to cite, out of honesty and also to give greater weight to his explanations, the patristic sources to which he owed his knowledge. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He made use of them freely and with attentive discernment, continuing the development of the patristic thought. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In his masterly message to the Meeting of Rimini in 2002, the then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger reflected on this famous dictum of Dostoyevsky, addressing the topic from a biblical-patristic perspective. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The historical period we are considering embraces a span of time reaching from the end of the patristic age (eighth century) to the end of the fifteenth century. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Contra Archdeacon Smiter, I'm glad Waldstein didn't go on for a few hundred more pages about J.P. Deuce's patristic sources. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In an earlier publication, dedicated to the patristic era [1], we attempted to gather together the essential elements of the most ancient Christian tradition about the Church's teaching on the Mother of the-Lord, We drew these elements from the writings of the Church Fathers and other Christian authors who lived in their time. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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