Inheriting Wisdom: Readings for Today from Ancient Christian Writers.Everett Ferguson's Inheriting in·her·it v. in·her·it·ed, in·her·it·ing, in·her·its v.tr. 1. a. To receive (property or a title, for example) from an ancestor by legal succession or will. b. Wisdom: Readings for Today from Ancient Christian Writers (Hendrickson, $16.95) is a kind of commonplace book commonplace book n. A personal journal in which quotable passages, literary excerpts, and comments are written. Noun 1. commonplace book - a notebook in which you enter memorabilia that arranges patristic pa·tris·tic also pa·tris·ti·cal adj. Of or relating to the fathers of the early Christian church or their writings. pa·tris citations under Christian categories (social existence, moral heads, conversion and salvation, doctrines, and aspects of Christian life). Ferguson gives brief introductions to most and references that enable one to check the original documents. A useful anthology that is also an introduction to patristic thought. |
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