Church Father

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  One of a number of male Christian writers from Antiquity whose doctrinal work is considered authoritative by the later church.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: kerkvader
 * Arabic:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: kirkefader
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: εκκλησιαστικός Πατέρας, Πατέρας της Εκκλησίας
 * Hebrew: אבי הכנסייה
 * Italian: padre della Chiesa
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latin: Pater Ecclēsiae
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kirkefar
 * Nynorsk: kyrkjefar
 * Polish: Ojciec Kościoła
 * Portuguese: Padre da Igreja, Pai da Igreja
 * Russian: Отцы́ Це́ркви, Святы́е Отцы́
 * Spanish: Padre de la Iglesia
 * Swedish: kyrkofader
 * Vietnamese: giáo phụ
 * West Frisian: tsjerkfaar