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AH020387 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Hagiography VS Hagiology

What's the difference between "hagiography" and "hagiology"?
  

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Hagiography is the study of saints and Hagiology is literature about saints. Prajwal

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Hagiography is the study of saints and Hagiology is literature about saints.

Prajwal
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Hagiography is the study of saints and Hagiology is literature about saints.

By "study" do you mean "biography"? And can you give me some examples of what you mean by "literature"?
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AH020387By "study" do you mean "biography"?
Yes, biographies analyzing the lives of saints.
AH020387And can you give me some examples of what you mean by "literature"?
Sacred books, legends about saints.

Prajwal
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