church father

English - Turkish

Definition of church father in English Turkish dictionary

kilise babası

English - English

Definition of church father in English English dictionary

(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 Lation Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom

Any of the authoritative early writers in the Christian church who formulated doctrines and codified religious observances

Related Terms

Father of the Church

Fathers of the Church one of the several important teachers of the early Christian church whose writings are used to answer any difficult points of faith or practice

Hyphenation

church Fa·ther

Turkish pronunciation

çırç fädhır

Pronunciation

/ˈʧərʧ ˈfäᴛʜər/ /ˈʧɜrʧ ˈfɑːðɜr/