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(Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed
official church doctrine
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in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church |
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the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome |
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those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom |
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Hypernym |
theologian, theologist, theologizer, theologiser |
Domain of synset - TOPIC |
Christianity, Christian religion |
Instance Hyponym |
Ambrose, Saint Ambrose, St. Ambrose; Athanasius, Saint Athanasius, St. Athanasius, Athanasius the Great; Augustine, Saint Augustine, St. Augustine, Augustine of Hippo; Basil, St. Basil, Basil of Caesarea, Basil the Great, St. Basil the Great; Gregory, Gregory Nazianzen, Gregory of Nazianzen, St. Gregory of Nazianzen; Irenaeus, Saint Irenaeus, St. Irenaeus; Jerome, Saint Jerome, St. Jerome, Hieronymus, Eusebius Hieronymus, Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus; John Chrysostom, St. John Chrysostom |
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Pertainym (pertains to noun) |
patristical → Church Father |
Pertainym (pertains to noun) |
patristic → Church Father |
Member of this domain - TOPIC |
Christianity, Christian religion |
Hyponym |
theologian, theologist, theologizer, theologiser |
Instance Hypernym |
Ambrose, Saint Ambrose, St. Ambrose; Athanasius, Saint Athanasius, St. Athanasius, Athanasius the Great; Augustine, Saint Augustine, St. Augustine, Augustine of Hippo; Basil, St. Basil, Basil of Caesarea, Basil the Great, St. Basil the Great; Gregory, Gregory Nazianzen, Gregory of Nazianzen, St. Gregory of Nazianzen; Irenaeus, Saint Irenaeus, St. Irenaeus; Jerome, Saint Jerome, St. Jerome, Hieronymus, Eusebius Hieronymus, Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus; John Chrysostom, St. John Chrysostom |
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