patristics

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patristics(n = noun.communication) patrology - the writings of the early Church Fathers; Array

is a kind of writing

Derived forms adjective patristic₁, adjective patristical₁

patristics(n = noun.cognition) patrology - the study of the lives, writings, and doctrines of the Church Fathers; Array

is a kind of christian theology

Derived form adjective patristic₁

patristics, n.

That departnent of historical theology which treats of the lives and doctrines of the Fathers of the church. [1913 Webster]

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