patrology
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Also called patristics. the branch of theology dealing with the teachings of the church fathers.
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a collection of the writings of the early church fathers.
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the study of the writings of the Fathers of the Church
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a collection of such writings
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Origin of patrology
From the New Latin word patrologia, dating back to 1590–1600. See patri-, -o-, -logy
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It reached its climax, as we should expect to find, in the heroic writers of the fourth century, the golden era of patrology.
From The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time by Walsh, James J.
See also the patrologies, e.g. that of O. Bardenhewer, and the histories of dogma, e.g. those of A. Harnack and F. Loofs.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various
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