The indexes themselves are useful for locating references in the patristic writings.

Our knowledge of the older period is derived from Church service books Typika, patristic writings and medieval histories.

This magazine has articles from different Christian traditions and exerts from patristic writings.

Sunday was also known in patristic writings as the eighth day, according to the old nundinal cycle.

In addition to its patristic writings, it is recognized as an important center for the transmission of the works of Antiquity to the Middle Ages.

They frequently embody the only remains of some patristic writings.

The texts are mainly compiled from mainstream authors, but they often contain fragments of certain patristic writings now otherwise lost.

They were adorned with endless quotations from the Holy Scriptures, a typical feature of patristic writings.

Lustiger, unlike other leading twentieth-century French bishops, did not draw noticeably on patristic writings and was more sensitive to rabbinic texts.

There are literally hundreds of early patristic writings that form part of Church tradition.