patristic literature
Early church texts
Patristic literature comprises the writings of the Church Fathers—early Christian theologians and leaders from roughly the first through eighth centuries.
These texts include doctrinal treatises, biblical commentaries, sermons, and letters that shaped Christian theology and practice.
Her dissertation examined patristic literature on the nature of the Trinity.
The adjective patristic derives from the Latin for father.
- free willAutonomous choice capacity
- sermonsReligious talks to congregations
- TrinityGodhead as three persons
- Holy SpiritThird divine person
- desert fathersEarly monks of Egypt
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