"Church Father" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɜːt͡ʃ fɑːðə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈt͡ʃɝt͡ʃ fɑ.ðɚ/ [General-American] Forms: Church Fathers [plural]
Etymology: Calque of Latin Pater Ecclēsiae. Etymology templates: {{clq|en|la|Pater Ecclēsiae}} Calque of Latin Pater Ecclēsiae Head templates: {{en-noun}} Church Father (plural Church Fathers)
  1. (Christianity) One of a number of male Christian writers from Antiquity whose doctrinal work is considered authoritative by the later church. Categories (topical): Christianity Synonyms: church father Related terms: patristic, patristics, patrology Translations (authoritative ancient male Christian author): kerkvader (Afrikaans), 教父 (jiàofù) (Chinese Mandarin), kirkefader [common-gender] (Danish), kerkvader [masculine] (Dutch), kirkkoisä (Finnish), père de l’Église [masculine] (French), Kirchenvater [masculine] (German), εκκλησιαστικός Πατέρας (ekklisiastikós Patéras) [masculine] (Greek), Πατέρας της Εκκλησίας (Patéras tis Ekklisías) [masculine] (Greek), אבי הכנסייה [masculine] (Hebrew), padre della Chiesa [masculine] (Italian), 교부 (gyobu) (Korean), Pater Ecclēsiae [masculine] (Latin), kirkefar [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kyrkjefar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Ojciec Kościoła [masculine] (Polish), Padre da Igreja [masculine] (Portuguese), Pai da Igreja [masculine] (Portuguese), Отцы́ Це́ркви (Otcý Cérkvi) [masculine, plural] (Russian), Святы́е Отцы́ (Svjatýje Otcý) [masculine, plural] (Russian), Padre de la Iglesia [masculine] (Spanish), kyrkofader [common-gender] (Swedish), giáo phụ (Vietnamese), tsjerkfaar [common-gender] (West Frisian)

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