Church Father

English Alternative forms en church father Etymology en la Pater Ecclēsiae. Pronunciation en /ˈt͡ʃɜːt͡ʃ fɑːðə(ɹ)/ UK en /ˈt͡ʃɝt͡ʃ fɑ.ðɚ/ GenAm en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Church Father.wav Southern England Noun en 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: af kerkvader Arabic: ar Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 教父 jiàofù Danish: da kirkefader c Dutch: nl kerkvader m Finnish: fi kirkkoisä French: fr père de l'Église m Frisian: West Frisian: fy tsjerkfaar c German: de Kirchenvater m Greek: el εκκλησιαστικός Πατέρας m, el Πατέρας της Εκκλησίας m Hebrew: he אבי הכנסייה m Italian: it padre della Chiesa m Japanese: ja Korean: ko 교부 Latin: la Pater Ecclēsiae m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb kirkefar m Nynorsk: nn kyrkjefar m Polish: pl Ojciec Kościoła m Portuguese: pt Padre da Igreja m, pt Pai da Igreja m Russian: ru Отцы́ Це́ркви m-p, ru Святы́е Отцы́ m-p Spanish: es Padre de la Iglesia m Swedish: sv kyrkofader c Vietnamese: vi giáo phụ See also en patristic en patristics en patrolatry en patrology