Ecclesiastical refers to matters connected to the institutional and organizational life of the church. This includes leadership roles, governing structures, official teachings, legal authority, and administrative practices. The term is often used to distinguish formal church systems from individual belief or informal religious activity. In historical and literary contexts, “ecclesiastical” describes how religious authority is structured, exercised, and preserved through offices, hierarchies, and established traditions over time.
Intertexts
- Wisdom of Solomon 9:15 / Augustine City of God 14.3
- Wisdom of Solomon 9:15 / Augustine City of God 13.16
- Sirach 20:7 / Ambrose On the Duty of the Clergy 1.5
- Sirach 24:3 / Ambrose On the Christian Faith 1.17
- Wisdom of Solomon 8:1 / Augustine City of God 15.3
- Wisdom of Solomon 9:15 / Augustine City of God 19.4
References
- Berwick, Phillip W., The Way of Salvation in the Wisdom of Solomon
- Toy, Crawford Howell, The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach
- Cox, Claude, "Old Greek Job 42 - A Surprise at the End of the Road: Intertextual Connections between the Epilogue and the Prologue Introduced by the Translator" in Cook, Johann, and Randall X. Gauthier (eds.) Septuagint, Sages, and Scripture: Studies in Honour of Johann Cook
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