patristic anthology

English

Noun

patristic anthology (plural patristic anthologies)

1. 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.
   • - 1995, Robert Atwell, Spiritual Classics from the Early Church: An Anthology, →ISBN, page 13:

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

   • 2011, Timothy George, Reading Scripture with the Reformers, →ISBN, page 80:

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

   • 2016, Alessandra Bucossi, Alex Rodriguez Suarez, John II Komnenos, Emperor of Byzantium: In the Shadow of Father and Son, →ISBN:

     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.

Synonyms

• florilegium