WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
Ap′ostol′ic Fa′thers, 
    1. the fathers of the early Christian church whose lives overlapped those of any of the apostles.
    2. the collection of works attributed to them.
    • 1820–30

'Apostolic Fathers' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Clement I

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