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Charles Buck Theological Dictionary

Apostolic Fathers

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.