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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as patristics.

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  • noun The study of the lives and works (especially the writings) of the Church Fathers

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  • noun the study of the lives, writings, and doctrines of the Church Fathers
  • noun the writings of the early Church Fathers

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