ecclesiology
Americannoun
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the study of ecclesiastical adornments and furnishings.
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the study of church doctrine.
noun
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the study of the Christian Church
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the study of Church architecture and decoration
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Origin of ecclesiology
First recorded in 1830–40; ecclesi(a) + -o- + -logy
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Ecclesiology, the name given in England to the study of church architecture and all that concerns the ground-plan and the internal arrangements of the parts of the edifice.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin
I may say the same with reference to the following extract from the Handbook of English Ecclesiology, p.
From Notes and Queries, Number 27, May 4, 1850 by Various
It may almost be said that the Epistle has a high Ecclesiology but an undeveloped Christology.
From Landmarks in the History of Early Christianity by Lake, Kirsopp
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