Apostolic Fathers

plural noun

the fathers of the early Christian church whose lives overlapped those of any of the apostles.

the collection of works attributed to them.

Origin:
1820–30

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Apostolic Fathers

—*pl n*
	the Fathers of the early Church who immediately followed the Apostles

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