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An appellation usually given to the writers of the first century, who employed their pens in the cause of Christianity. Of these writers, Cotelerius, and after him Le Clerc, have published a collection in two volumes, accompanied both with their own annotations, and the remarks of other learned men.
See also the genuine epistles of the apostolic fathers be Abp. Wake.
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Buck, Charles. Entry for 'Apostolic Fathers'. Charles Buck Theological Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​cbd/​a/apostolic-fathers.html. 1802.
Buck, Charles. Entry for 'Apostolic Fathers'. Charles Buck Theological Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​cbd/​a/apostolic-fathers.html. 1802.