patrology

patrology
The study of the lives and works (especially the writings) of the Church Fathers

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  • Patrology — • The study of the writings of the Fathers of the Church Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Patrology     Patrology     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • patrology — patrologic /pa treuh loj ik/, patrological, adj. /peuh trol euh jee/, n., pl. patrologies. 1. Also called patristics. the branch of theology dealing with the teachings of the church fathers. 2. a collection of the writings of the early church… …   Universalium

  • patrology — study of early Christianity Sciences and Studies …   Phrontistery dictionary

  • patrology — n. study of the early Christian writings; branch of theology that deals with the teachings of the church fathers …   English contemporary dictionary

  • patrology — [pə trɒlədʒi] noun patristic theology. Origin C17: from Gk patēr, patr father + logy …   English new terms dictionary

  • patrology — pa·trol·o·gy …   English syllables

  • patrology —  Патрология …   Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов

  • patrology — /pəˈtrɒlədʒi/ (say puh troluhjee) noun 1. the systematic study of the writings of the fathers of the Christian church; patristics. 2. a collection of the works of early ecclesiastical writers. {patr(i) + o + logy} …  

  • patrology —    , patristics    These words (from the Greek patēr, meaning father, and logos, meaning word ) refer to the historical and theological study of the writings of the fathers of the Church, who lived during the first centuries after Christ and are… …   Glossary of theological terms

  • patrology —   n. patristics …   Dictionary of difficult words

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