Etymology

patriology

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Today it means: A discipline of Christian theology, involving the study of God the Father as revealed in Scripture. Full definition →

Ancient Greek πατέρας
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπατέρας“father”
  2. English todaypatriology

From Ancient Greek πατέρας (patéras, “father”) + -logy.

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