patristic
puh tri stik
- a of or relating to the writings of the early church fathers
- Neither Biblical nor patristic authority was cited in support of the argument.
- It is unsettling as well, since much of its complicated biblical and patristic symbolism insists that the Jews were the killers of Christ and thus an accursed people, so .
- He sees all theology as in constant need of revision and reconstruction in the light of religious experience rather than patristic authority.