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