pisteology

English

Alternative forms

• pistology

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πίστις (pístis, “faith”) +‎ -ology.

Noun

pisteology (uncountable)

1. (philosophy, rare) The science or study of faith.
   • 2002, Karl Barth, Protestant Theology in the Nineteenth Century, page 568:

     The assertion of a receptivity in man, the Catholic-type conception of the gratia preveniens which runs alongside this receptivity, the mystical culmination of this pisteology, are all elements of a speculative basic approach which can even be seen here, in Dorner.

Anagrams

• epistology, oligotypes, typologies