Sentence examples for early fathers from inspiring English sources

The chapter might have disappeared in favor of some other form had not the early Fathers of the Church made it their signature technique.

The early fathers of the Christian church, furiously determined to preserve the integrity of their faith in all its details, took a very firm line on this matter.

According to the view of Christian thinkers from the early Fathers to the reformers of the 16th century, humans are only the second-created.

Moreover, in Hesychast fashion he used the method of dramatic biographies of the leading Orthodox saints and early fathers as the vehicle for propagating correct doctrine and asceticism by interweaving theological reflections with the narrative.

In considering what is true happiness and the relation of providence to faith and of predestination to free will, Alfred does not fully accept Boethius' position but depends more on the early Fathers.

The early fathers of faith were living in a time of 'human pre-history', when no one had any idea of what was going on and God provided as good a backstory as any.

The early Father Brown stories begin with a picture; the early Holmes short stories begin with a debate about the nature of the stories themselves, a consideration of methodology.

Having already written plays about Anthony Eden's ego and Margaret Thatcher's early father fixation, Graham is well equipped to turn his attention to Tory sexuality; and here he starts with an ingenious double time scheme.

Not a bad early Father's Day gift!

Pitt enjoyed Saturday with several of his children for an early Father's Day get-together, according to People.

With my father and father-in-law having been taken far too early, Father's Day in our house is about my husband.