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Definition of irenic in English: irenic(also eirenic) adjective ʌɪˈrɛnɪkʌɪˈriːnɪk formal Aiming or aimed at peace. 〈正式〉为了和平的；旨在和平的；促进和平的 Example sentencesExamples - Throughout, Powell's presentations are fair and his assessments irenic.
- However eirenic his style and manner, there is little doubt opposition will eventually be aroused by a man as committed to truth-telling as Benedict is.
- Always willing to engage in serious, even fierce, political debate, Jim Finn was as well an irenic man and a hospitable one.
- Contemporary Evangelicals applaud Whitefield's eirenic sentiments, but have forgotten why he wrote the letter in the first place.
- His presentation is at once inventive, venturesome, and irenic.
- Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the Bishop's irenic tone in this volatile situation.
- There is a brief introduction, and each passage is cleverly prefaced by remarks that help not only to situate the selection within the theme but also to allow the editor to express his own irenic views.
- After all, the Bible contains both rather bloodthirsty works like the Book of Joshua as well as more irenic passages.
- Australia's Religious Communities deals primarily with the Australian experience of Islam, so perhaps it is understandable that an irenic rather than divisive approach characterises the entry.
- Written in a sympathetic and irenic spirit, this book echoes a striking number of the same criticisms of the current Roman exercise of primacy.
- Reimer supports Rawlyk's idea that Canadian evangelicalism is more irenic than its U.S. counterpart, but calls for real data to support the thesis.
- Gould's position may seem attractively irenic; but its appeal derives from its vagueness and ambiguity, and evanesces under closer scrutiny.
- So the Church, recognising that its irenic precepts were largely ignored, tried to reduce the savagery of war.
- He therefore has much less of the baggage that converts often bring, and he is able to write in a largely irenic and fraternal manner.
- There is also an eirenic critique of dispensational and reconstructionist alternatives to covenant theology.
- Yet more surprising than such relevance is the irenic quality of this advice seeking a hospitable engagement with neighbors of other faiths.
- Those who have followed his writings will know that his style is eirenic, inclusive and pious.
- The report's irenic and tentative tone, and the complete absence of bullet points in its text, should dispel any such misimpressions.
- Those who paid more attention to the threat from popery argued for an eirenic approach to Dissent, in the hope of fostering Protestant unity.
- Obviously, these claims do not make for irenic relations with adherents to those religions they have improved and replaced.
Synonyms peace-loving, unwarlike, non-belligerent, non-violent, non-combative, non-aggressive, conflict-free, easy, easy-going, placid, gentle, meek, mild, inoffensive, good-natured, even-tempered, amiable, amicable, friendly, affable, genial, civil, cooperative, conciliatory, pacific, pacifist, anti-war, dovelike, dovish
noun ʌɪˈrɛnɪkʌɪˈriːnɪk irenicsA part of Christian theology concerned with reconciling different denominations and sects. （旨在促使不同宗派及教派间的和解的）异中求同说，求同存异说 Example sentencesExamples - His thesis was entitled, "Narrative Irenics in the Gospel of Mark," which explores the manner in which the author seeks to build internal unity in his congregation by his methodology of story-telling.
Derivativesadjective Irenical has become a commonly-used adjective to design an idealist and pacific conception, such as the democratic peace theory. Example sentencesExamples - One reason for Heidelbergs attractiveness was the combination of its humanistic training program and the irenical and ecumenical theology taught there by internationally recognized professors.
OriginMid 19th century: from Greek eirēnikos, from eirēnē 'peace'. Compare with eirenicon. Definition of irenic in US English: irenic(also eirenic) adjective formal Aiming or aimed at peace. 〈正式〉为了和平的；旨在和平的；促进和平的 Example sentencesExamples - Gould's position may seem attractively irenic; but its appeal derives from its vagueness and ambiguity, and evanesces under closer scrutiny.
- However eirenic his style and manner, there is little doubt opposition will eventually be aroused by a man as committed to truth-telling as Benedict is.
- Those who have followed his writings will know that his style is eirenic, inclusive and pious.
- Australia's Religious Communities deals primarily with the Australian experience of Islam, so perhaps it is understandable that an irenic rather than divisive approach characterises the entry.
- There is also an eirenic critique of dispensational and reconstructionist alternatives to covenant theology.
- Reimer supports Rawlyk's idea that Canadian evangelicalism is more irenic than its U.S. counterpart, but calls for real data to support the thesis.
- He therefore has much less of the baggage that converts often bring, and he is able to write in a largely irenic and fraternal manner.
- Obviously, these claims do not make for irenic relations with adherents to those religions they have improved and replaced.
- Yet more surprising than such relevance is the irenic quality of this advice seeking a hospitable engagement with neighbors of other faiths.
- Always willing to engage in serious, even fierce, political debate, Jim Finn was as well an irenic man and a hospitable one.
- Those who paid more attention to the threat from popery argued for an eirenic approach to Dissent, in the hope of fostering Protestant unity.
- Written in a sympathetic and irenic spirit, this book echoes a striking number of the same criticisms of the current Roman exercise of primacy.
- Throughout, Powell's presentations are fair and his assessments irenic.
- Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the Bishop's irenic tone in this volatile situation.
- His presentation is at once inventive, venturesome, and irenic.
- There is a brief introduction, and each passage is cleverly prefaced by remarks that help not only to situate the selection within the theme but also to allow the editor to express his own irenic views.
- The report's irenic and tentative tone, and the complete absence of bullet points in its text, should dispel any such misimpressions.
- After all, the Bible contains both rather bloodthirsty works like the Book of Joshua as well as more irenic passages.
- Contemporary Evangelicals applaud Whitefield's eirenic sentiments, but have forgotten why he wrote the letter in the first place.
- So the Church, recognising that its irenic precepts were largely ignored, tried to reduce the savagery of war.
Synonyms peace-loving, unwarlike, non-belligerent, non-violent, non-combative, non-aggressive, conflict-free, easy, easy-going, placid, gentle, meek, mild, inoffensive, good-natured, even-tempered, amiable, amicable, friendly, affable, genial, civil, cooperative, conciliatory, pacific, pacifist, anti-war, dovelike, dovish
noun irenicsA part of Christian theology concerned with reconciling different denominations and sects. （旨在促使不同宗派及教派间的和解的）异中求同说，求同存异说 Example sentencesExamples - His thesis was entitled, "Narrative Irenics in the Gospel of Mark," which explores the manner in which the author seeks to build internal unity in his congregation by his methodology of story-telling.
OriginMid 19th century: from Greek eirēnikos, from eirēnē ‘peace’. Compare with irenicon. |