APOSTOLIC FATHERS

Definition: APOSTOLIC FATHERS

APOSTOLIC FATHERS

1. Early Christian writers, who were born in the first century, and thus touched on the age of the apostles. They were Polycarp, Clement, Ignatius, and Hermas; to these Barnabas has sometimes been added.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Specialty Definitions: APOSTOLIC FATHERS

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Literature	Apostolic Fathers Christian authors born in the first century, when the apostles lived. John is supposed to have died about A.D. 99, and Polycarp, the last of the Apostolic Fathers, born about 80, was his disciple. These three are tolerably certain: Clement of Rome (30--100), Ignatius (died 115), and Polycarp (80--169). Three others are Barnabas, Hermas; and Papias. Barnabas was the companion of Paul, Hermas is a very doubtful name, and Papias (Bp. of Hierapolis) is mentioned by Eusebius. Polycarp could hardly have been a disciple of John, although he might have received Christian instruction from the old "beloved one." Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Commercial Usage: APOSTOLIC FATHERS

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Books	Ante Nicene Fathers, Volume 1: Apostolic Fathers (Early Church Fathers Ser.) (reference) Early Christian Writings: The Apostolic Fathers (Penguin Classics) (reference) The Apostolic Fathers (reference) (more book examples)
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