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Definition: PRIMITIVE FATHERS |
PRIMITIVE FATHERS1. (Eccl.), the acknowledged Christian writers who flourished before the Council of Nice, A. D. 325. --Shipley. |
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Literature | Primitive Fathers (The). The five Christian fathers supposed to be contemporary with the Apostles: viz. Clement of Rome (30-102); Barnabas, cousin of Mark the Evangelist, and schoolfellow of Paul the Apostle; Hermas, author of The Shepherd, Ignatius, martyred A.D. 115; and Polycarp (85-169). The first two Epistles to the Corinthians are probably by Clement Romanus, but everything else ascribed to him is undoubtedly spurious. The epistle ascribed to Barrabas is of very doubtful authenticity. Hermas,- It is very doubtful whether this is a proper name at all; and, if a proper name, many think it is a Hermas in the second century, brother of Pius I. Polycarp, some say, was a pupil of John the Evangelist, by whom he was made Bishop of Smyrna, addressed in the Revelation: but if the Revelation was written in 96, Polycarp was not eleven years old at the time, and could not possibly have been a bishop. It is extremely doubtful whether he knew the Evangelist at all, and certainly he did not know either the Fourth Gospel or the Book of the Revelation. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Crosswords: PRIMITIVE FATHERS |
| Specialty definitions using "PRIMITIVE FATHERS": Babel, tower of ♦ Fathers of the Church. (references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-f-h-i-i-i-m-p-r-r-s-t-t-v" | |
-5 letters: harvesttime, imperatives, prettifiers, semiprivate, termitaries. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 52 49 4D 49 54 49 56 45 46 41 54 48 45 52 53 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01010010 01001001 01001101 01001001 01010100 01001001 01010110 01000101 00100000 01000110 01000001 01010100 01001000 01000101 01010010 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P R I M I T I V E   F A T H E R S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0052 0049 004D 0049 0054 0049 0056 0045 0046 0041 0054 0048 0045 0052 0053 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)505243474354435639240355442395253 |
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