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PATRISTIC

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 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Of or relating to the writings of the early church fathers

Synonyms:

patristic; patristical

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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Church Father ((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)

Derivation:

patristics (the study of the lives, writings, and doctrines of the Church Fathers)

patristics (the writings of the early Church Fathers)

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