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patrology|pəˈtrɒlədʒɪ|
[mod. f. Gr. πατήρ, πατρ- father + -λογία -logy. Cf. mod.L. patrologia (16th c.), F. patrologie (1878 in Dict. Acad.).]
The study of the writings of the Fathers (of the Church), patristics; a treatise on these writings.
1600J. Northbrooke Poor Man's Gard. Ep. Ded. 3 May rather therefore be called Patrology, then Theology. 1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. III. 49 To lay open..the least Deformity..they could discover or search out in the earliest Patrology. 1847Buch tr. Hagenbach's Hist. Doctr. I. 7 note, The distinction made by some writers,..between Patristics and Patrology, appears to us..unfounded.
Hence patrologic |pætrəʊˈlɒdʒɪk|, -ical adjs., belonging to patrology (whence patrologico-apostolical a., pertaining to the Apostolic Fathers); paˈtrologist, one versed in patrology.
1715M. Davies Athen. Brit. I. Pref. 12 The last mention'd geniuner kind of Patrologico-Apostolical Epistles. 1716Ibid. II. 278 The Patrological Memoirs..of those earliest..Post-Nicen Centuries. Ibid. III. 39 Printed..by the erudite Protestant Patrologists. Ibid. 49 Well read in all the Patrological Prints. 1890E. Johnson Rise Christendom 359 The Basilian and Benedictine patrologic mythology. |