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
Example Sentences
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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
Funk's text is used in the following sections, but as the Apostolic Fathers are everywhere accessible no references are given to Migne.
From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Ayer, Joseph Cullen
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
In spite of this, the attitude of the Apostolic Fathers was very far from hostile.
From The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times by Biese, Alfred
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