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Homiletics

In religious studies, homiletics (Ancient Greek: ὁμιλητικός homilētikós, from homilos, "assembled crowd, throng") is the application of the general principles of rhetoric to the specific art of public preaching. One who practices or studies homiletics may be called a homilist, or more simply, a preacher.

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related to Humanist writings · 51
Homiletics → Alphonsus Liguori, André Fremiot, Another, Archbishop, Aristotle, At, Bishop, Bourges, Carolus Regius, Charles Borromeo, Cicero, Claudius Acquaviva, De, Demetrius, Desiderius Erasmus, Didacus Stella, Ecclesiastes, Francis, Francis Borgia, General
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Homiletics → Aleksandrov, Alistair Stewart-Sykes, Andrian, Augustine's Hermeneutics, Brill, Christian Homily, Christian Philosophy, De, DP Kidder, Editor, For, From Prophecy, Great, Hoon, II, In, ISBN, Journal, Leiden, Mediæval Sermons
related to Present day · 28
Homiletics → Alexandria, Anthony, As, Augustine, Benedict XIV, Bernard, Charles Borromeo, Christ Himself, Christum, Clement, Clement XI, Cyril, De, Gerson, In, It, Jerusalem, Origen, Paris, Paul
related to John Chrysostom and Augustine · 23
Homiletics → Augustine, Augustine's De, Beredsamkeit, Book IV, Certain, Church Fathers, Cicero, Cicero's, Cicero’s Orator, DDC, Geschichte, He, Hierosynes, Inasmuch, John Chrysostom, On, Paniel, Practice, Priesthood, Sapientia
related to Relation to secular rhetoric · 19
Homiletics → Areopagus, Arnobius, Augustine, Chrysostom, Cyprian, Demetrius, Fathers, Gregory, Hippo, Jerome, John Chrysostom, Lactantius, Nazianzus, On Style, Paul, Paul's, Scripture, Some, The
related to Homiletics in the Jewish tradition · 14
Homiletics → After, Aramaic, BCE, Bible, Ezra, Hebrew, Jewish, Judaism, Midrash, Preaching, Sermons, Talmud, This, Torah
related to Branch of pastoral theology · 6
Homiletics → John Broadus, Karl, Karl Barth, The, The Catholic Encyclopedia, This
related to External links · 5
Homiletics → Catholic Encyclopedia, Homiletic, Material, Rabbinic, SermonsThe American Rabbi
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Homiletics → It, Lyman Beecher, The, Yale University
related to Middle Ages · 4
Homiletics → According, Beecher, Catholic Encyclopedia, Patrick

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Homileticsis asmall but practical work0.90text
would compare favourably with the hollow declamation of a much-lauded later periodinstance ofand0.80text
we look for in vain in even the great orations of Chrysostom.Philosophy regards man only as an intellectual beinginstance ofit supplied a lucidity of order and cogency of arrangement0.80text
without considering his emotionsinstance ofit supplied a lucidity of order and cogency of arrangement0.80text
and makes its appeal solely to his intellectual sideinstance ofit supplied a lucidity of order and cogency of arrangement0.80text
Homileticsrelated to Branch of pastoral theologyThe Catholic Encyclopedia0.60section
Homileticsrelated to Branch of pastoral theologyThis0.60section
Homileticsrelated to Branch of pastoral theologyJohn Broadus0.60section
Homileticsrelated to Branch of pastoral theologyKarl Barth0.60section
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