Patristic period

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era of Christian history historical period

The Patristic period is the early era of Christian history, roughly from the late 1st to the 8th century, characterized by the writings and theological developments of the Church Fathers.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Patristic period canonical	2
Early Christian period	1
Early Church	1

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	era of Christian history ⓘ historical period ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Age of the Church Fathers NERFINISHED ⓘ Patristic age ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Council of Chalcedon (451) NERFINISHED ⓘ Council of Constantinople (381) NERFINISHED ⓘ Council of Ephesus (431) NERFINISHED ⓘ First Council of Nicaea NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy	development of Christian doctrine ⓘ formation of orthodoxy ⓘ theological controversies ⓘ writings of the Church Fathers ⓘ
endTime	8th century ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Christian ethics ⓘ apologetics ⓘ biblical exegesis ⓘ dogmatic theology ⓘ
followedBy	Medieval period ⓘ
follows	New Testament period NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasKeyTheme	Christology NERFINISHED ⓘ Trinitarian doctrine ⓘ canon of Scripture ⓘ doctrine of grace ⓘ doctrine of the Church ⓘ original sin ⓘ
hasNotableFigure	Ambrose of Milan NERFINISHED ⓘ Athanasius of Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ Augustine of Hippo NERFINISHED ⓘ Basil of Caesarea NERFINISHED ⓘ Clement of Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyprian of Carthage NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyril of Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ Gregory of Nazianzus NERFINISHED ⓘ Gregory of Nyssa NERFINISHED ⓘ Gregory the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ Ignatius of Antioch NERFINISHED ⓘ Irenaeus of Lyons NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerome NERFINISHED ⓘ John Chrysostom NERFINISHED ⓘ Justin Martyr NERFINISHED ⓘ Leo the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ Origen of Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ Polycarp of Smyrna NERFINISHED ⓘ Tertullian NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Ante-Nicene period NERFINISHED ⓘ Apostolic Fathers NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicene period NERFINISHED ⓘ Post-Nicene period NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	Christian liturgy ⓘ canon law ⓘ medieval scholasticism ⓘ
influencedBy	Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ Roman law NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Temple Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek East NERFINISHED ⓘ Latin West NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject	Christian doctrine ⓘ Christian theology NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorLanguage	Greek ⓘ Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ Syriac NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
startTime	late 1st century ⓘ

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Input

Subject: Patristic period
Description of subject: The Patristic period is the early era of Christian history, roughly from the late 1st to the 8th century, characterized by the writings and theological developments of the Church Fathers.

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Novatian → era → Patristic period ⓘ

Mopsuestia → flourishedInPeriod → Patristic period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Early Christian period

Eutyches → era → Patristic period ⓘ

Gregory Thaumaturgus → christianDenomination → Patristic period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Early Church