patristics

English Thesaurus

1. the study of the lives, writings, and doctrines of the Church Fathers (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	christian theology,
definition	:	the teachings of Christian churches (noun.cognition)

2. the writings of the early Church Fathers (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	writing,
definition	:	(usually plural) the collected work of an author (noun.communication)

3. the study of the lives, writings, and doctrines of the Church Fathers (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	patristic, patristical, patristic, patristical,
definition	:	of or relating to the writings of the early church fathers (adj.pert)

derivation	:	patristic, patristical, patristic, patristical,
definition	:	of or relating to the writings of the early church fathers (adj.pert)