CHURCH FATHER vs FATHER: NOUN
- (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 Lation Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom
- An elderly or venerable man. Used as a title of respect.
- The first person of the Christian Trinity.
- God.
- A man who serves or is thought of as a protector.
- A man who creates, originates, or founds something.
- A male ancestor.
- One of the leading men, as of a city.
- A man who raises a child.
- A man who adopts a child.
- A male whose impregnation of a female results in the birth of a child.
- A male whose sperm unites with an egg, producing an embryo.
- A person who founds or establishes some institution
- (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 Lation Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom
- The founder of a family
- The head of an organized crime family
- A person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization
- `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military
- A male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
- God when considered as the first person in the Trinity
- A male parent of an animal.
- One who creates, invents, originates, or establishes anything; the author, former, or contriver; a founder, director, or instructor; the first to practise any art; specifically, in the plural, the authors, founders, or first promoters of any great work, movement, or organization: as, Gutenberg was the father of printing; the fathers of the church (which see, below); the pilgrim fathers (see pilgrim); the fathers of the American Constitution.
- In universities, originally, a regent master fulfilling certain functions toward an inceptor; now, a fellow of a college appointed to attend a university examination in the interest of the students of that college.
- The eldest member of any profession, or of any body: as, father of the bar (the oldest practitioner of law); father of the House of Representatives or of the House of Commons (the man who has been a member of the body for the longest continuous period).
- The title of a senator in ancient Rome. See conscript fathers, under conscript.
- A member of one of various Roman Catholic fraternities: as, Fathers of the Oratory, etc.
- A title given to dignitaries of the Roman Catholic and Eastern churches, to officers of monasteries and commonly to monks in general, and to confessors and priests.
- A respectful title bestowed on a venerable man; an appellation of reverence or honor: as, Father Abraham.
- [capitalized] In orthodox Christian phraseology, the first person of the Trinity.
- [capitalized] The Supreme Being.
- One who exercises paternal care over another; a fatherly protector or provider.
- One who through marriage or adoption occupies the position of a male parent; a father-in-law; a stepfather.
- A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a lineal male ancestor, especially the first ancestor; the progenitor or founder of a race, family, or line: as, Ishmael was the father of the Bedouins of the desert.
- He who begets a child; the nearest male ancestor; a male parent: so called in relation to the child.
- In general, any real or apparent generating cause or source; that which gives rise to anything; a mainspring or moving element in a system or a process: as, “the boy is father of the man.”
- The Sultan of Turkey.
- Used as a title and form of address with or without the clergyman's name.
- A member of the senate in ancient Rome.
- A priest or clergyman in the Roman Catholic or Anglican churches.
- A church father.
CHURCH FATHER vs FATHER: VERB
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- Make children
CHURCH FATHER vs FATHER: INTRANSITIVE VERB
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- To provide the sperm that unites with an egg to produce (an embryo, fetus, or child).
- To act or serve as a father to (a child).
- To create, found, or originate.
- To attribute the paternity, creation, or origin of.
- To act or serve as a father.
CHURCH FATHER vs FATHER: TRANSITIVE VERB
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- To make one's self the father of; to beget.
- To take as one's own child; to adopt; hence, to assume as one's own work; to acknowledge one's self author of or responsible for (a statement, policy, etc.).
- To provide with a father.
CHURCH FATHER vs FATHER: OTHER WORD TYPES
- 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
- To beget as a father; become the father or progenitor of.
- To acknowledge or treat as a son or daughter; act as a father toward.
- To assume as one's own; profess or acknowledge one's self to be the owner or author of.
- To give a father to; furnish with a father.
- To ascribe or charge to one as his offspring or production; fix the generation or authorship of: with on or upon.
- 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
- Make (offspring) by reproduction
CHURCH FATHER vs FATHER: RELATED WORDS
- Priscillianist, Epistoler, John chrysostom, Vicar of christ, Papaphobia, Patristic, Eastern orthodox church, Menologium, Old catholic, Holy man, Athanasius, Christian theology, Theologian, Irenaeus, Father
- Beginner, Male parent, Father god, Church father, Bring forth, Beget, Get, Sire, Founder, Founding father, Padre, Begetter, Forefather, Mother, Mother
CHURCH FATHER vs FATHER: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Priscillianist, Epistoler, John chrysostom, Vicar of christ, Papaphobia, Patristic, Eastern orthodox church, Menologium, Old catholic, Holy man, Athanasius, Christian theology, Theologian, Irenaeus, Father
- Engender, Beginner, Male parent, Church father, Bring forth, Beget, Get, Sire, Founder, Founding father, Padre, Begetter, Forefather, Mother, Mother
CHURCH FATHER vs FATHER: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Origen, an early church Father, said that God alone knows who wrote Hebrews.
- Is there a statement against their authenticity by an early church father?
- Church Father Eusebius constructed a gospel harmony based on the Ammonian sections.
- The Church Father Tertullian made a comment similar to that in Acts.
- This statement of the early church father will be explored and demonstrated.
- Church Father John Chrysostom even turned these stereotypes on their head.
- Better results below each of the church father made to us.
- Some writings, as those by church father Clement authorship.
- Note that the testimony of this or that Church father is not identical with the judgement of the Church.
- No Church Father or Council or any other early Church record indicates that he finished his days anywhere but in Rome.
- Show a picture representing the prodigal son and ask how the father in the story is like our Heavenly Father.
- Acknoledgement of Paternity, the legally presumed father can be replaced by the biological father on the birth certificate.
- Are there forms to disestablish the wrong father and establish the correct father at the same time?
- Even though the son rebels against his father, when he returns, broken and repentant, his father joyfully has mercy on him.
- Russian Father Christmas, is now considered to be her Grandfather rather than her father, as in the old story.
- First, my father led me from behind and I was riding on my father.
- But we will be getting the required amount as gift deeds from my father and father in law.
- Father, and that the Father is in me?
- League to the following: youngest father present, Brian Harper; oldest father present, Thedford Wood; and father with the most children present, Alan Price.
- Father Sullivan, Father Sharp, Father Downing, Sister Mary Elizabeth and Sister George!
CHURCH FATHER vs FATHER: QUESTIONS
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- Who is the father of Microbiology and protozoology?
- Why is Durkheim considered the father of Sociology?
- What happened to father Kastner in 'the Conjuring'?
- Is Prince Andrew's father Lord Porchester the Queen's biological father?
- What do you say to your step father on father's day?
- Does Ellie know Morgan's father is not her biological father?
- Is Sean Astin's father really not his father after all?
- Who was the father of Samantha's Father on Bewitched?
- Why did Benita's father stare at her father blankly?
- What happened to Madeleine McCann's Father Father Pacheco?