Church Father

English

Alternative forms

• church father

Etymology

From church +‎ father, ultimately from Latin Pater Ecclēsiae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɜːt͡ʃ fɑːðə(ɹ)/
• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɝt͡ʃ fɑ.ðɚ/

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.

Translations

authoritative ancient male Christian author

• Afrikaans: kerkvader
• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 教父 (zh) (jiàofù)

• Danish: kirkefader c
• Dutch: kerkvader (nl) m
• Finnish: kirkkoisä (fi)
• French: père de l’Église (fr) m
• German: Kirchenvater (de) m
• Greek: εκκλησιαστικός Πατέρας m (ekklisiastikós Patéras), Πατέρας της Εκκλησίας m (Patéras tis Ekklisías)
• Hebrew: אבי הכנסייה m
• Italian: padre della Chiesa m
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• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: Pater Ecclēsiae m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kirkefar m

  Nynorsk: kyrkjefar m

• Portuguese: Padre da Igreja m, Pai da Igreja m
• Russian: Отцы́ Це́ркви m pl (Otcý Cérkvi), Святы́е Отцы́ m pl (Svjatýje Otcý)
• Spanish: Padre de la Iglesia m
• Swedish: kyrkofader c
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• West Frisian: tsjerkfaar c

See also

• patristic
• patristics
• patrology