WordNet: kirkkoisä

(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

• domain: topic kristillinen usko, kristinusko

• hypernym teologi, uskontotieteilijä

kirkkoisä

• (englanti) Church Father (synonyymi)

• (englanti) Father (synonyymi)

• (englanti) Father of the Church (synonyymi)