"patristic anthology" meaning in English

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          "ref": "- 1995, Robert Atwell, Spiritual Classics from the Early Church: An Anthology, →ISBN, page 13:",
          "text": "But the range of potential material for a patristic anthology is vast.",
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          "ref": "2016, Alessandra Bucossi, Alex Rodriguez Suarez, John II Komnenos, Emperor of Byzantium: In the Shadow of Father and Son, →ISBN:",
          "text": "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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