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Noun: Church Father- (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 of the Church, Father
Derived forms: Church Fathers See also: patristical Type of: theologian, theologiser [Brit], theologist, theologizer Encyclopedia: Church Father |