patristics

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patristics - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Patristics \Pa*tris"tics\, n.
     That departnent of historical theology which treats of the
     lives and doctrines of the Fathers of the church.
     [1913 Webster]

patristics - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  patristics
      n 1: the writings of the early Church Fathers [syn:
           patristics, patrology]
      2: the study of the lives, writings, and doctrines of the Church
         Fathers [syn: patristics, patrology]