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church father
church father
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- (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
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- My father goes to church on Sunday.
- "Father, why are you putting on clean clothes?" "Because I'm going to church."
- "Do you want to go to church with me, Daudi?" "No, father. I don't want to today. I'll go by myself tomorrow."