patristic
Adjective
Meaning
Alt. of Patristical
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Alcuin's contemporary Theodulf of Orleans produced a second independent reformed recension of the Vulgate, also based largely on Italian exemplars, but with variant readings, from Spanish texts and patristic citations, indicated in the margin.
But with local councils and patristic writings, the Church applies a selective judgement.
Although there is no set order of the four gospels in patristic lists or discussions, D. Moody Smith suggests that the standard order of Matthew-Mark-Luke-John "projects a kind of intention that can scarcely be ignored".
Bulgakov concludes: "The patristic teaching of the fourth century lacks that exclusivity which came to characterize Orthodox theology after Photius under the influence of repulsion from the Filioque doctrine.
Ephrem is honored with a feast day on the liturgical calendar of the Episcopal Church (USA) on June 10. Quotations About Ephrem: * "The greatest poet of the patristic age and, perhaps, the only theologian-poet to rank beside Dante."
It is disputed whether, in this context, deuterosis means "Mishnah" or " Targum ": in patristic literature, the word is used in both senses.