Christian rhetoric and the western church fathers
- 1 December 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Central States Speech Journal
- Vol. 27 (4) , 280-284
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10510977609367905
Abstract
This study investigates the attitude of four western Church Fathers toward the use of rhetoric in preaching: St. Cyprian, Arnobius, Lac‐tantius Firmianus, and St. Jerome. All pagan rhetorical principles from Corax and Empedocles of Agrigentum to Sulpicius Victor were rejected, and the classical concepts of rhetoric were inoperative during the patristic era.Keywords
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