Patristics

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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