patristic
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1. of or relating to the writings of the early church fathers (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | church father, father, father of the church, |
| definition | : | (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | patristics, patrology, |
| definition | : | the study of the lives, writings, and doctrines of the Church Fathers (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | patristics, patrology, |
| definition | : | the writings of the early Church Fathers (noun.communication) |
| pertainym | : | church father, father, father of the church, |
| definition | : | (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | patristics, patrology, |
| definition | : | the study of the lives, writings, and doctrines of the Church Fathers (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | patristics, patrology, |
| definition | : | the writings of the early Church Fathers (noun.communication) |
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