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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. (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;
[syn: Church Father, Father of the Church, Father]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Church Father
    n 1: (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 [syn: Church Father,
         Father of the Church, Father]