In other words, we must do here and now what our theological forebears-including our patristic and monastic forebears-did there and then. |
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This could theoretically have been suggestive of an alternative view, but to my knowledge this did not occur in the patristic era. |
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But the connection of the image of God with the human body is rejected explicitly by all the patristic writers as anthropomorphous. |
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The doctrine of the Trinity as we know it came about as the result of a lengthy theological process during the patristic era. |
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Are we placing the early patristic development upon a level of authority equal to that of Scripture? |
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Rather than imposing their own agenda onto Scripture, the scholastics were following long-standing patristic traditions of interpretation. |
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The work will give strong impetus to the growing interest in the history of patristic exegesis in the English-speaking world. |
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True enough, the language of impassibility is deeply embedded in patristic theology going back to Ignatius of Antioch. |
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The hymns for the feasts of Christ and his Mother constitute a course in patristic Christology and Trinitarian theology. |
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It may also be said that patristic and medieval theologians also made liberal use of diverse sources. |
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It is very probable that the origin of the capitular body may be found in the bishop's household, his familia, as it existed in patristic times. |
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Other sources, give the biblical, patristic and theological arguments for this better than me though. |
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Thus it is more like a volume of patristic exegesis of Scripture than a modern work of history or theology. |
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In his Confutation, he erred in citing two pseudonymous patristic texts, supposedly from St. Cyprian and St. Augustine. |
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Today it numbers some 20 monks, well educated, who concentrate mainly upon the publishing of patristic, ascetic and hagiological books. |
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Like his nationality, the maleness of Jesus has no Christological significance in patristic tradition. |
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The treatment of the crucifixion in many of the texts tended to follow the pattern of the patristic polemic. |
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Further, in spite of the proliferation of weekday celebrations of lesser feasts, many Episcopalians lack even cursory knowledge of the early church and the patristic fathers. |
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The Immaculate Conception and the Assumption are rooted in the patristic axiom that Mary was the worthy Mother of God, a worthy tabernacle of the Most High. |
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Following the Second Vatican Council, liturgical renewal has emphasized a more scriptural and patristic approach to baptism. |
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The collection contains works on doctrinal theology, patristic and mediaeval dogmatics, and liturgics. |
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He notes that the patristic anti-Jewish framework has vanished from the textbooks. |
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It is a commonplace of our patristic tradition that the image of God is only one and the image of God is his only-begotten Son, our Christological archetype. |
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The relative lack of legalism reflects the Eastern patristic understanding of sin as an internal passion and as an enslavement. |
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Exposing certain of the Monophysites' fraudulent uses of patristic authorities, Leontius criticized them and the followers of Eutyches. |
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From its outset, patristic literature witnesses to this hierarchical and ministerial structure in the Church, which includes the diaconate. |
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Their theology is biblical, liturgical and patristic, and is embodied in mysticism and spirituality. |
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It was rather they, the renewers, with their appeal to Scripture and the patristic and to some extent medieval patrimony, who were the true traditionalists. |
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There is ample evidence from apostolic times, from the patristic, canonical and liturgical tradition, well into the Byzantine period that this order was held in high honor. |
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Yet in the Middle Ages such a centralizing development was an innovation, and the earlier patristic tradition saw a much greater degree of flexibility and local option. |
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Among other benefits, this dialogue brought the Orthodox theology of the patristic and early Byzantine period into renewed prominence in theological debates. |
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When extreme ascetism was in vogue in the patristic period you had nutcases like Phibionites outside the Church and watered down nuts for ascetism like Tertullian within. |
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Since the patristic era, theologians have taught that at the heart of the eternal divine dynamic is the relationship between the first and second trinitarian persons. |
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Anyone interested in the Cappadocian Fathers or patristic theology should find this book a pleasure to read and an excellent orientation to Gregory's life and work. |
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Her appeal to a range of sources within the tradition is laudable, particularly since patristic theologians had been neglected in her book until this point. |
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He utilizes contemporary biblical scholarship to describe in some detail anti-Jewish voices in the Second Testament and in patristic literature. |
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With agreement among the Fathers, though, the authority of interpretation grows, and full patristic consensus is very strong. |
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From the middle of the 3rd century, patristic authors cited the Epistle as written by James the Just. |
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His library contained over three hundred volumes from which he was able to draw upon classical, patristic, and scholastic works. |
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This possibility is especially attractive to New Testament critics, who are confronted with about 5,000 manuscripts of the Greek text as well as versions in other languages and patristic citations. |
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Moral instruction was provided throughout the catechumenate, and many patristic homilies reveal the ethical teaching and exhortation practiced by the preachers in the liturgical assemblies. |
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The epistles of Seneca, with their moral or philosophical ruminations, influenced later patristic writers. |
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I know of those who are not indifferent to the patristic writers but rather concerned first of all to challenge their witness or their significance for us. |
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Rev. Father Santos Sabugal, O. S. A. is professor of biblical exegesis at the Augustinianum, Rome where he teaches also the history of patristic exegesis. |
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The ecumenical community should appreciate this connection between the early teachers and the Scripture, as well as generally the potentiality of patristic studies for the success of the ecumenical dialogue. |
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The concept of theosis developed in the Neo-Platonic thought-world in which the Greek patristic theologians lived and thought. |
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An old genre, the patristic anthology, appeared in a new form in the sixteenth century. |
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We might also think of the patristic interpretation of the psalms. |
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He knew patristic literature, as well as Pliny the Elder, Virgil, Lucretius, Ovid, Horace and other classical writers. |
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But with local councils and patristic writings, the Church applies a selective judgement. |
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She makes a valuable contribution to Marion scholarship by combining a careful reading of Marion's works with a clear expertise in patristic studies. |
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However, he takes pains to present his reasons for belief in God without appeal to scriptural or patristic authority, using new and bold arguments. |
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A careful reading of Scripture, patristic authors, and the decrees of ancient church councils would provide a proper understanding of what the church should be. |
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The document cites by way of example the classical patristic perspective that identified the literal, allegorical, anagogical, and tropological readings of the biblical text. |
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But the range of potential material for a patristic anthology is vast. |
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