patristics

American  

[puh-tris-tiks] / pəˈtrɪs tɪks /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

1. patrology.

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Etymology

Origin of patristics

First recorded in 1840–50; see origin at patristic, -ics

Example Sentences

Much more important for the promotion of theological science, especially for patristics and church history, was another Benedictine congregation founded in France in a.d.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.

Pā′trist, one versed in patristics; Patris′ticism, mode of thought, &c., of the fathers.—n.pl.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

In 1493 he went to Paris and thence to Italy, studying canon and civil law, patristics and the rudiments of Greek.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various