Father of the Church, 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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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