(Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom
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church father::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | father, father of the church |
| Type of | theologian, theologiser, theologist, theologizer |
Examples of church father
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Carmona says he was paddled far more often by church leaders than by his father.
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My husband is driving my mother, father, and two of our four children to church.
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Clement of Alexandria, an early church father, wrote of worshipping in a house.
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The great 4th century church father, St. Augustine, was bishop of Hippo in what is now Tunisia.
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The area hardest hit is where Jim's father lived and is home to the church Kiger's father helped build, St.
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The first defence of the doctrine of the Trinity was in the early third century by the early church father Tertullian.
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He was an early church father and apologist, and his writings were formative in the early development of Christian theology.
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Ingle's father Lloyd, a church organist, introduced him to music at an early age.
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Father Kevin Carter, whose Little Ferry church was flooded, performed a blessing.
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