patristics Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the writings of the early Church Fathers
    patrology.
  2. noun the study of the lives, writings, and doctrines of the Church Fathers
    patrology.

WordNet


Pa*tris"tics noun
Definitions
  1. That departnent of historical theology which treats of the lives and doctrines of the Fathers of the church.

Webster 1913