church father

church father - English Dictionary

[ noun ]
■ (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
father , father of the church

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