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patrology
[ puh-trol-uh-jee ]
noun
- Also called patristics. the branch of theology dealing with the teachings of the church fathers.
- a collection of the writings of the early church fathers.
patrology
/ pəˈtrɒlədʒɪ; ˌpætrəˈlɒdʒɪkəl /
noun
- the study of the writings of the Fathers of the Church
- a collection of such writings
Derived Forms
- 貹ˈٰDZDz, noun
- patrological, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- 貹··Dz· [pa-tr, uh, -, loj, -ik], 貹r·Dzi· adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of patrology1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of patrology1
Example Sentences
It is clear that in the circumstances the terms “father,” “patristic,” “patrology” must be used with much elasticity, since it is now too late to substitute for them any more comprehensive terms.
It reached its climax, as we should expect to find, in the heroic writers of the fourth century, the golden era of patrology.
Associated words: patristic, patristics, patrology, patrist. churchly, a. ecclesiastical. church officer. vestryman, warden, presbyter, trustee. churl, n. rustic, hind, bumpkin, lout, boor. churlish, a. boorish, rude, morose, unamiable. chyle, n.
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