Patristics

Patristics or patrology is the study of the early Christian writers who are designated Church Fathers.^[1] The names derive from the combined forms of Latin pater and Greek πᾰτήρ (father). The period of the Church Fathers, commonly called the Patristic era,^[2]^[3] is generally considered to run from the end of New Testament times or end of the Apostolic Age (c. AD 100) to either AD 451 (the date of the Council of Chalcedon)^[4] or to the Second Council of Nicaea in 787.^{[citation needed]}

^ van Geest, Paul J. J. (2018). "Patrology/Patristics". In Hunter, David G.; van Geest, Paul J. J.; Lietaert Peerbolte, Bert Jan (eds.). Brill Encyclopedia of Early Christianity Online. Leiden and Boston: Brill Publishers. doi:10.1163/2589-7993_EECO_SIM_00002583. ISSN 2589-7993.
^ Dupont, A.; Boodts, S.; Partoens, G.; Leemans, J. (2018). Preaching in the Patristic Era: Sermons, Preachers, and Audiences in the Latin West. A New History of the Sermon. Brill. p. 5. ISBN 978-90-04-36356-4. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
^ van Oort, Johannes (2006). "Biblical Interpretation in the Patristic Era, A 'Handbook of Patristic Exegesis' and Some Other Recent Books and Related Projects". Vigiliae Christianae. 60 (1). Brill: 80–103. doi:10.1163/157007206775567924. ISSN 0042-6032.
^ McGrath, Alister E. (1998). "Chapter 1 The Patristic Period, c. 100–451". Historical Theology: An Introduction to the History of Christian Thought. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers. ISBN 0-631-20843-7.