[PDF] Irenics and Polemics book. Irenics - WordReference English dictionary, questions, discussion and forums. Polemics. Forum discussions with the word(s) "irenics" in the title: No titles with Related words - Irenics synonyms, antonyms, hypernyms and hyponyms. Example n irenics Irenical theology: opposed to polemics. ***. Chambers's Twentieth Mr. Littlejohn points out that irenic and polemic are not actually opposite terms, but can in fact work together towards a shared purpose. The Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Mk 12.1-9) is used as a case study of a parable that might have been used for irenic, rather than provocative, purposes. Bacon edited Luther's Deutsche geistliche Lieder (New York, 1883), and wrote: A Life Worth Living: Life of Emily Bliss Gould (1878), Irenics and Polemics, with The power of Jesus' parables:Were they polemical or irenic? Other title: Le pouvoir des paraboles de J