patristic

Sometimes pa·tris·ti·cal

[puh-tris-tik]

adjective

1. of or relating to the fathers of the Christian church or their writings.

patristic

/ pəˈtrɪstɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to the Fathers of the Church, their writings, or the study of these

Other Word Forms

• patristically adverb
• patristics noun
• patristicalness noun
• unpatristic adjective
• unpatristical adjective
• unpatristically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of patristic¹

First recorded in 1830–40; patr(i)- + -istic

Example Sentences

They would rely on their rosary every night, while in another room I read patristic theology.

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But here again the opinions of the patristic age must be pronounced absolutely worthless.

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In 1854, in conjunction with J. E. B. Mayor and Lightfoot, he established the Journal of Classical and Sacred Philology, and plunged eagerly into theological and patristic study.

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After the nocturna comes a lesson divided into three parts, one biblical and two patristic, and finally the Te Deum.

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But besides the general traces of the Traditional Text left in patristic writings in other districts of the Church, we are not without special proofs in the parts about Syria.

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