patristics

patristics
The study of the works of the Christian Fathers (theologians from c.100 to 700 CE). Their theological data were in the Bible; but the task of giving coherence and credibility fell to the following generations as they confronted contemporary philosophies and religious speculations. They tried to do justice to the complex data of the NT, to the felt necessity of offering worship to Jesus, while maintaining his authentic humanity. A further task was to preserve continuity of Christian belief with the OT and Jewish monotheism while also being open to the contemporary intellectual scene in the Hellenistic world. The Apologists (120–220 CE) made bold use of the Logos [[➝ logos]] concept and argued that Christ, the Logos of the Johannine Prologue (John 1:14), was himself the Reason at the heart of the cosmos and a kind of Omega point of all intellectual aspirations.

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  • Patristics — or Patrology is the study of Early Christian writers, known as the Church Fathers. The names derive from the Latin pater (father). The period is generally considered to run from the end of New Testament times or end of the Apostolic Age (c. 100… …   Wikipedia

  • Patristics — Pa*tris tics, n. That departnent of historical theology which treats of the lives and doctrines of the Fathers of the church. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • patristics — noun plural but singular in construction Date: 1847 the study of the writings and background of the church fathers …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • patristics — /peuh tris tiks/, n. (used with a singular v.) patrology (def. 1). [1840 50; see PATRISTIC, ICS] * * * …   Universalium

  • patristics — noun The study of the works of the early Christian [ …   Wiktionary

  • patristics — The study of the writings of the important teachers, or Fathers, of the Christian Church, living between the 1st and the 9th centuries after Christ …   Philosophy dictionary

  • Patristics —    The study of the works of the early Church Fathers …   Who’s Who in Christianity

  • patristics — pa·tris·tics …   English syllables

  • patristics —  Патристика …   Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов

  • patristics — noun 1. the writings of the early Church Fathers • Syn: ↑patrology • Derivationally related forms: ↑patristic, ↑patristical • Hypernyms: ↑writing 2. the study of the lives, writings, and doctrines of the Church Fathers …   Useful english dictionary

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