patristic

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• The text itself contains more patristic material than is the usual case in agreed texts.

  Academic text (2011)

• Martyrdom is often referred to in patristic writings as a baptism of blood, a rebirth through death.

  Academic text (2012)

• The question has been faced since patristic times.

  Academic text (2003)

• The notion, like that concerning Saint Luke, was apparently unknown during early Christian and patristic times.

  Academic text (1993)

• One did not require expertise in ancient languages, in biblical studies, or in patristic learning in order to meet and overcome religious error.

  Academic text (2005)

• The language of "indissolubility" related to marriage is not biblical, nor is it patristic.

  Academic text (2004)

• The concert was part of an international conference organized by the Augustinian Patristic Institute in Rome.

  Blog text (19)

• Wary of the former error, patristic writers kept God close to the earth by describing the Spirit as love.

  Academic text (1994)

• But scholars have noted a certain patristic reserve toward Christ's emotions.

  Academic text (2008)

• In this one, therefore, I would like to turn, in some detail, to those patristic theologians who first grappled with these issues.

  Academic text (1993)

Synonyms

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patristical

vspatristic

• Specialized

9.9

Relating to the writings and teachings of early Christian church leaders

means the same but uses a different adjective form

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