Panoplia

Panoplia (Greek πανοπλία: "full armor") that means armory (of the orthodox faith) is the title of theological works that are devoted to the refutation of heresies or theological ideas considered wrong and at the same time to the defense of one's own point of view.

A Panoplia by the Constantinople Patriarch Michael I Kerullarios is known , as is a work in 28 chapters by Euthymios Zigabenos , as well as a Panoplia by Nicetas Choniates , who took Euthymios as a model.

In the time of the religious political disputes after the Reformation , the term was again widely used. For example, there is a Panoplia by the Lutheran Orthodox theologian Johann Deutschmann in defense of the Confessio Augustana .