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Church Father 1

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(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 Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom

Doctor of the Church 1

noun

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(Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching

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a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization

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someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology

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Roman Catholic 2

noun

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the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy

Athanasius 1

noundomain: person

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

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(Roman Catholic Church) Greek patriarch of Alexandria who championed Christian orthodoxy against Arianism; a church father, saint, and Doctor of the Church (293-373)

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Saint Athanasius 1
(Roman Catholic Church) Greek patriarch of Alexandria who championed Christian orthodoxy against Arianism; a church father, saint, and Doctor of the Church (293-373)
St. Athanasius 1
(Roman Catholic Church) Greek patriarch of Alexandria who championed Christian orthodoxy against Arianism; a church father, saint, and Doctor of the Church (293-373)
Athanasius the Great 1
(Roman Catholic Church) Greek patriarch of Alexandria who championed Christian orthodoxy against Arianism; a church father, saint, and Doctor of the Church (293-373)

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Roman Catholic 2

noun

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the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy

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