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Definition of Irenical

1. irenic [adj] - See also: irenic

Lexicographical Neighbors of Irenical

Literary usage of Irenical

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of Rationalism: Embracing a Survey of the Present State of by John Fletcher Hurst (1867)
"But the Ethical-irenical School, combining the principal orthodox minds, stands in manly and prosperous opposition to all parties which possess ..."

2. The Place of Christ in Modern Theology by Andrew Martin Fairbairn (1895)
"But the irenical spirit apparent in these personal apologetics soon became much more pronounced. ..."

3. Church History by Johann Heinrich Kurtz (1890)
"... of the papacy in AD 1814, there arose also a reactionary movement, partly of a mystical- irenical, evangelical-revival and liberal-scientific, ..."

4. Short History of the Christian Church by John Fletcher Hurst (1892)
"... and like-minded theologians, will yet occupy hospitable places in their ancestral home. The irenical Period is the latest stage in American theology. ..."

5. History of Rationalism: Embracing a Survey of the Present State of by John Fletcher Hurst (1867)
"But the Ethical-irenical School, combining the principal orthodox minds, stands in manly and prosperous opposition to all parties which possess ..."

6. The Place of Christ in Modern Theology by Andrew Martin Fairbairn (1895)
"But the irenical spirit apparent in these personal apologetics soon became much more pronounced. ..."

7. Church History by Johann Heinrich Kurtz (1890)
"... of the papacy in AD 1814, there arose also a reactionary movement, partly of a mystical- irenical, evangelical-revival and liberal-scientific, ..."

8. Short History of the Christian Church by John Fletcher Hurst (1892)
"... and like-minded theologians, will yet occupy hospitable places in their ancestral home. The irenical Period is the latest stage in American theology. ..."

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