alexandrian school — noun Usage: usually capitalized A Etymology: Alexandrian (I) 1. : the school of literature, science, and philosophy that flourished at Alexandria while that city was ruled by the Greeks and the Romans 2. : an ante Nicene school of patristic … Useful english dictionary
Alexandrian School — The school of Platonism coupled with Christian elements that flourished in Alexandria for the two centuries before the city was captured by Arabs in 642. Its most famous member was Hypatia … Philosophy dictionary
Alexandrian school — This term refers to the theology associated with Alexandria (Egypt) since the second century. The principal theologians associated with this school (Clement of Alexandria, Origen, Athanasius, Cyril of Alexandria) emphasized the divinity of… … Glossary of theological terms
School of Antioch — The School of Antioch was one of the two major centers of the study of biblical exegesis and theology; the other was the catechetical school of Alexandria. This group was known by this name because the advocates of this tradition were based in… … Wikipedia
Alexandrian — is either: * an adjective referring to a place called Alexandria, as in Alexandrian text type * a person from and/or inhabiting a city called Alexandria * a member of a group of Alexandrians, equally associated with Alexandria, as an Ancient… … Wikipedia
Catechetical School of Alexandria — The Catechetical School of Alexandria (founded c.a. 190) was and is a place for the training of Christian theologians and priests in Alexandria. The teachers and students of the school (also known as the Didascalium) were influential in many of… … Wikipedia
Dogmatic school — The Dogmatic school of medicine (Dogmatics, or Dogmatici, Greek: Δογματικοί) was an ancient school of medicine in ancient Greece and Rome. They were the oldest of the medical sects of antiquity. They derived their name from dogma, a philosophical … Wikipedia
Peripatetic school (The) — The Peripatetic school1 Robert W.Sharples THE HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL AND OF ARISTOTLE’S WRITINGS The history of Peripatetic philosophy after Aristotle falls into two phases, divided by the renewal of interest in the works we now possess after… … History of philosophy
Fathers of the Church — • The word Father is used in the New Testament to mean a teacher of spiritual things, by whose means the soul of man is born again into the likeness of Christ: Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Fathers of the Church … Catholic encyclopedia
patristic literature — Body of literature that comprises those works (excluding the New Testament) written by Christians before the 8th century. It refers to the works of the Church Fathers. Most patristic literature is in Greek or Latin, but much survives in Syriac… … Universalium
