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Meaning of "patristics" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PATRISTICS

pəˈtrɪstɪks


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PATRISTICS

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Patristics is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PATRISTICS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Patristics

Patristics or Patrology is the study of the Early Christian writers who are designated Church Fathers. The names derive from the combined forms of Latin pater and Greek patḗr. The period is generally considered to run from the end of New Testament times or end of the Apostolic Age to either AD 451, or to the 8th century Second Council of Nicaea.

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PATRISTICS»

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The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Studies
elizabeth. a. clark. CHARLES Kannengiesser's presidential address to the North American Patristics Society in 1990 was a lament originally titled 'Bye, Bye Patristics'. Most of the classically-educated French scholars who had revitalized ...
Susan Ashbrook Harvey, David G. Hunter, 2008
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The Westminster Handbook to Patristic Theology
Patristics 253 "fathers" (see also patrology). Fathers were the bishops or leading monastic elders of the early church. Patristic theology was thus the study of the doctrinal development of the church of the first eight centuries. The usual "cut-off  ...
John Anthony McGuckin, 2004
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Retrieving the Tradition and Renewing Evangelicalism: A ...
Patristics. An important part of the new intellectual climate that developed in Europe during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries was a new industry of publishing editions of the early Fathers. Separate volumes of the Fathers' works or citations ...
Daniel H. Williams, 1999
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Historical Method and Confessional Identity in the Era of ...
CALVIN AND GREEK PATRISTICS Exegesis and Church Discipline In view of these conclusions, a comparison between Calvin's use of Greek pagan thought and his use of the Greek fathers is not without importance. Did the reformer pay as ...
Irena Dorota Backus, 2003
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Jesus and Muhammad: Parallel Tracks, Parallel Lives
Muslim Patristics Beyond the foundation biographies of Muhammad lies a poorly charted and treacherous sea ofdata just referred to as “the Muslim tradition,” a phrase that recurs often in these pages. What the catchall term refers to is the great ...
F. E. Peters, 2010
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Fathers of the World: Essays in Rabbinic and Patristric ...
... rabbinic literature in the study of New Testament must be recited ad nauseum ( but not here). Use of rabbinic literature for the study of patristics is as rare as use of patristics for the study of rabbinics. Since each is an arcane literature studied ...
Burton L. Visotzky, 1995
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Brücken Bauen in Einem Vielgestaltigen Europa:
From Patristics to Matristics. 289-308. Borresen, Kari Elisabeth, "Jean Paul II et les femmes", in: Lumiere et Vie 52, n. 257 (2003), 57-69. Berresen, Kari Elisabeth (ed.). The Image of God. Gender Models in Judaeo-Christian Tradition (Fortress ...
Sabine Bieberstein, Kornélia Buday, Ursula Rapp, 2006
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An Intellectual History of Psychology
In carrying religiosity into every sphere of human concern, the Patristics often regarded daily experiences as trivial. They continued that Platonic tradition which held all perception suspect and sanctified this tradition with some powerful ...
Daniel N. Robinson, 1995
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The Cultural Turn in Late Ancient Studies: Gender, ...
As David Brakke explains, ''Before the 1980s scholars of ancient Christianity, if they were not trained in patristics programs mostly at Catholic universities, received one of two kinds of education. Some trained in doctoral programs in New ...
Dale B. Martin, Patricia Cox Miller, Philip Rousseau, 2005
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Gregory of Nazianzus on the Trinity and the Knowledge of God ...
In Your Light We Shall See Light Christopher A. Beeley Walter H. Gray Assistant Professor of Anglican Studies and Patristics Yale University Divinity School. Index. of. Theological. Topics. in. Gregory's. Works. Because Gregory's corpus is  ...
Christopher A. Beeley Walter H. Gray Assistant Professor of Anglican Studies and Patristics Yale University Divinity School, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PATRISTICS»

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DH Williams, guest columnist: Christian ideals, principles drift when …
D.H. Williams (Ph.D., M.A. University of Toronto, 1991) is professor of religion in patristics and historical theology in the Department of Religion ... «Waco Tribune-Herald, Jul 15»
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The Turning Points
Thomas Oden is a Methodist, ecumenist, evangelical, and patristics scholar who was dissuaded from liberal modernism by a Jewish ... «The Weekly Standard, Jul 15»
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At New York Catholic Bible Summit, 500 Study Scripture
by Father Samuel Jose Fernandez Eyzaguirre, professor of patristics and Christology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile; and “Pope ... «Catholic New York, Jun 15»
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Catholic Education Must Reach Beyond Intellect to 'Majesty of God …
... associate professor of patristics at Baylor University and a recent panelist during a Cardinal Newman Society panel discussion on Catholic ... «The Cardinal Newman Society, Jun 15»
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Newman Society Panelists Agree, Liturgy Essential to Today's …
Dr. Michael Foley, a panelist and associate professor of Patristics at Baylor University echoed the cultural difficulties that young people are ... «The Cardinal Newman Society, Jun 15»
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The divine GPS
The semi-official Vatican journal "La Civiltà Cattolica" has published an interview with Fr. Jean-Miguel Garrigues, professor of patristics and ... «Commonweal, May 15»
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The Rev. Spyridon C. Papademetriou of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania …
He also took courses at the Harvard School of Divinity and studied church history and patristics under the internationally known Russian ... «Hellenic News of America, May 15»
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Want Real Diversity in Your Reading List? Try These Christian …
You could, I suppose, do quite a thorough reading course in Patristics without using any European-born authors whatever. I am not suggesting ... «Aleteia EN, May 15»
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No Sin To Be Homosexual
Also, it is fair to acknowledge that while the Patristics didn't adhere to original sin, several (like Jerome) had views of sexuality which could be ... «Patheos, Apr 15»
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JP II Scholar Hailed as a Needed Voice Among Synod Consultors
Father Granados, who also serves as a visiting professor of patristics and systematic theology at the institute in Rome, will join 11 other ... «National Catholic Register, Apr 15»
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