patristic
Americanadjective
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of or relating to the fathers of the Christian church or their writings.
adjective
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of or relating to the Fathers of the Church, their writings, or the study of these
Other Word Forms
- patristically adverb
- patristicalness noun
- patristics noun
- unpatristic adjective
- unpatristical adjective
- unpatristically adverb
Etymology
Origin of patristic
Example Sentences
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Spiolus, patristic hagiography among the Slavs, Emily Dickinson or whatever.
From Time Magazine Archive
With this theological development, Father Murray argued, the ancient questions returned in a new form during patristic and medieval times.
From Time Magazine Archive
He sees all theology as in constant need of revision and reconstruction in the light of religious experience rather than patristic authority.
From Time Magazine Archive
In these ecumenical times, argued Father Walter J. Burghardt, S.J., professor of patristic theology at the Jesuit Seminary in Woodstock, Md., theologians are obliged to look harder at the issues that divide Christians.
From Time Magazine Archive
They would rely on their rosary every night, while in another room I read patristic theology.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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