Synonyms of church father

Noun


1. Church Father, Father of the Church, Father, theologian, theologist, theologizer, theologiser

usage: (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

WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University.
All rights reserved.