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patristics

pat·ris·tics

uncommon

noun

1.

the writings of the early Church Fathers

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2.

the study of the lives, writings, and doctrines of the Church Fathers

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Origin

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin patristica, from Latin pater (“father”).

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