treated as singularThe branch of Christian theology that deals with the lives, writings, and doctrines of the early Christian theologians.
（研究早期基督教教父生活、著作和教义的）教父学
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His core scholarly work has been in patristics and the history of spirituality, with major works on Arius and St. Teresa of Avila.
Scripture, patristics, international relations and the history of art are a few examples.
Indeed, if anything, I'd like to see a deeper engagement, including more patristics.
First of all it has to be said that, according to patristics experts, the iconic nature of priesthood is never used by the church fathers as an argument against the ordination of women as priests.
And the tradition of patristics teaching being fed into current theological discussion is also showing signs of renewal.
Definition of patristics in US English:
patristics
plural nounpəˈtrɪstɪkspəˈtristiks
treated as singularThe branch of Christian theology that deals with the lives, writings, and doctrines of the early Christian theologians.
（研究早期基督教教父生活、著作和教义的）教父学
Example sentencesExamples
And the tradition of patristics teaching being fed into current theological discussion is also showing signs of renewal.
First of all it has to be said that, according to patristics experts, the iconic nature of priesthood is never used by the church fathers as an argument against the ordination of women as priests.
Scripture, patristics, international relations and the history of art are a few examples.
Indeed, if anything, I'd like to see a deeper engagement, including more patristics.
His core scholarly work has been in patristics and the history of spirituality, with major works on Arius and St. Teresa of Avila.