Father of the Church
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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
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- theologian hypernym
- Ambrose instance hyponym
- Athanasius instance hyponym
- St. Augustine instance hyponym
- St. Basil instance hyponym
- Gregory instance hyponym
- Irenaeus instance hyponym
- Jerome instance hyponym
- John Chrysostom instance hyponym
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- Christianity domain topic
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | Christianity |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | theologian |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Ambrose |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Athanasius |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | St. Augustine |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | St. Basil |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gregory |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Irenaeus |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Jerome |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | John Chrysostom |