Patristic Method
Definition
The apologists’ deliberate employment of the conceptual apparatus of Greek philosophy for the needs of Christian theology, a procedure taken over by later Church Fathers.
Episodes
Related Concepts
- Hellenisation Of Theology Use Of Philosophy
Biblical References
- 1 Corinthians 2:6-8 — Now we do speak wisdom among the mature, but not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are perishing. Instead we speak the wisdom of God, hidden in a mystery, that God determined before the ages for our
- 1 Timothy 2:2 — *even for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. *
- Acts 17 — *After they traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue. Paul went to the Jews in the synagogue, as he customarily did, and on three Sabbath days he addressed *