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Detailed Synonyms for Church Father in English
Church Father:
Church Father [the ~] noun
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the 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 be 1the Church Father; the Father; the 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 1