Canadian French Meaning of church father

Père de l’Église

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Definitions and Meaning of church father in English

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church father (n)

(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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Père de l’Église

(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 th

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church doctrine => Doctrine de l’Église, church calendar => Calendrier liturgique, church building => édifice de l'église, church bench => Banc d'église, church bell => Cloche d'église,