father of the church

Noun father of the church has 1 sense

• father of the church(n = noun.person) church father, father - (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;
is a kind of theologian, theologiser, theologist, theologizer
has particulars: ambrose, saint ambrose, st. ambrose, athanasius, athanasius the great, saint athanasius, st. athanasius, augustine, augustine of hippo, saint augustine, st. augustine, basil, basil of caesarea, basil the great, st. basil, st. basil the great, gregory, gregory nazianzen, gregory of nazianzen, st. gregory of nazianzen, irenaeus, saint irenaeus, st. irenaeus, eusebius hieronymus, eusebius sophronius hieronymus, hieronymus, jerome, saint jerome, st. jerome, john chrysostom, st. john chrysostom