Apostolic Fathers
Americanplural noun
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the fathers of the early Christian church whose lives overlapped those of any of the apostles.
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the collection of works attributed to them.
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of Apostolic Fathers
First recorded in 1820–30
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The first volume of the series,* The Apostolic Fathers, is already out.
From Time Magazine Archive
High point of The Apostolic Fathers is the "Letter to Diognetus."
From Time Magazine Archive
It is not merely that “there is no dogmatic system in Clement” or in any other of the Apostolic Fathers; that may favour, not hinder, religious insight.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
No evangelic reference in the Apostolic Fathers can be referred certainly to a written record.
From The Freethinker's Text Book, Part II. Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History by Besant, Annie Wood
It is in contrast to these that the Didachē is justly felt to be genuinely primitive and of a piece with the Apostolic Fathers.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
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