[A. Pole]

Do the writings of "church fathers" have more credence/authority/credibility than the New Testament itself?

You cannot separate Church Fathers from the New Testament. It is them who gave us New Testament!

[DennisR]

Okay - define "church fathers." Because if you include Matthew, Mark, Luke, John et al as "church fathers" - which I do not believe is the normal use of the term - then okay. But the "church fathers" I am familiar with did not write the Old or New Testaments. So although they had their place in God's plan, they certainly do not match the stature of the writers of the OT and NT.

[Quix]

You cannot separate Church Fathers from the New Testament. It is them who gave us New Testament!
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Oh, really?

Watch me.

Though I really don't plan to bother.

Your statement would imply that a varying list of early church fathers all wrote inspired Scripturating text.

They didn't.