patristic anthology

Definitions

A systematic collection of excerpts from the works of founders of the early Christian church and other early ecclesiastical writers, compiled to serve dogmatic or ethical purposes.

Examples

“But the range of potential material for a patristic anthology is vast.”

“An old genre, the patristic anthology, appeared in a new form⟳ in the sixteenth century.”

“Later, around 1175, Andronikos Kamateros fully exploits the verb 'to bestow' (χορηγεῖσθαι) in various passages, but especially in his commentaries on the patristic anthology that he inserts at the end⟳ of his Sacred Arsenal.”

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