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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of the authoritative early writers in the Christian church who formulated doctrines and codified religious observances.
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And in the process, why are the views of St. Augustine, that venerable Church Father, who believed that life begins at quickening and therefore abortion before that period is NOT murder, being suppressed?
U.S. News 2009
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