Church Father

Church Father

English

Alternative forms

• church father

Etymology

From church +‎ father, ultimately from Latin Pater Ecclēsiae.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɜːt͡ʃ fɑːðə(ɹ)/
• (General American) 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

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