(1) Other sources, give the biblical, patristic and theological arguments for this better than me though.(2) Since the patristic era, theologians have taught that at the heart of the eternal divine dynamic is the relationship between the first and second trinitarian persons.(3) The doctrine of the Trinity as we know it came about as the result of a lengthy theological process during the patristic era.(4) Like his nationality, the maleness of Jesus has no Christological significance in patristic tradition.(5) True enough, the language of impassibility is deeply embedded in patristic theology going back to Ignatius of Antioch.(6) The hymns for the feasts of Christ and his Mother constitute a course in patristic Christology and Trinitarian theology.(7) In the patristic period, the Tetragrammaton played little role in Christian theology, largely because of linguistic obstacles.(8) Thus it is more like a volume of patristic exegesis of Scripture than a modern work of history or theology.(9) It may also be said that patristic and medieval theologians also made liberal use of diverse sources.(10) The patristic and medieval use of figural exegesis had a singular importance in the development of a Christian vision of the church.(11) Her appeal to a range of sources within the tradition is laudable, particularly since patristic theologians had been neglected in her book until this point.(12) Rather than imposing their own agenda onto Scripture, the scholastics were following long-standing patristic traditions of interpretation.(13) The first is entitled u2018Ancient Origins,u2019 in which he traces the primitive and patristic eras of the Christian church.(14) The work will give strong impetus to the growing interest in the history of patristic exegesis in the English-speaking world.(15) Are we placing the early patristic development upon a level of authority equal to that of Scripture?(16) In other words, we must do here and now what our theological forebears-including our patristic and monastic forebears-did there and then.
