patrology
/pəˈtrɒlədʒi
/noun
Another term for patristics.Scripture, patrology, biblical hermeneutics, theology, doctrine - all displaced because of the towering impertinence of what Sir Humphrey Appleby once called the ‘perpendicular pronoun.’
Derivatives
patrological
patrologist
Origin
Early 17th century: from Greek patēr, patr- 'father' + -logy.