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patristics

DEFINITIONS OF: patristics

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n the study of the lives, writings, and doctrines of the Church Fathers

Synonyms:
patrology
Type of:
Christian theology
the teachings of Christian churches

n the writings of the early Church Fathers

Synonyms:
patrology
Type of:
writing
(usually plural) the collected work of an author
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