- Fathers of the Church
- founders of the Christian Church
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
Fathers of the Church
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Fathers of the Church — • The word Father is used in the New Testament to mean a teacher of spiritual things, by whose means the soul of man is born again into the likeness of Christ: Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Fathers of the Church … Catholic encyclopedia
Fathers of the Church — This term refers to those teachers whose writings during the early centuries of the Church conveyed the Tradition of the Apostles and have continued importance for the Church s teaching. (See CCC 78, 688) … Glossary of theological terms
FATHERS OF THE CHURCH — the early teachers of Christianity and founders of the Christian Church, consisting of live Apostolic Fathers Clement of Home, Barnabas, Hermes, Ignatius, and Polycarp, and of nine in addition called Primitive Fathers Justin, Theophilus of… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
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