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Defenition of the word father of the church

    • Defenition of the word father of the church

      • (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 be
      • (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

    Hyponyms for the word father of the church

      • Ambrose
      • Athanasius
      • Athanasius the Great
      • Augustine
      • Augustine of Hippo
      • Basil
      • Basil of Caesarea
      • Basil the Great
      • Eusebius Hieronymus
      • Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus
      • Gregory Nazianzen
      • Gregory of Nazianzen
      • Hieronymus
      • Jerome
      • John Chrysostom
      • Saint Ambrose
      • Saint Athanasius
      • Saint Augustine
      • Saint Jerome
      • St. Ambrose
      • St. Athanasius
      • St. Augustine
      • St. Basil
      • St. Basil the Great
      • St. Gregory of Nazianzen
      • St. Jerome
      • St. John Chrysostom

    Hypernyms for the word father of the church

      • theologian
      • theologiser
      • theologist
      • theologizer

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