English-Dutch translations for church father

• kerkvader
  Dit is dieper liggende reden waarom de kerkvaders en kerkraden gekozen hebben voor de naam 'oecumenisch'. This is the deeper reason that the Church Fathers and the Councils have given it the name 'Ecumenical'.

Definition of church father

• One of a number of male Christian writers from Antiquity whose doctrinal work is considered authoritative by the later church

Related words

• Church Fathers
• Early Church Fathers
• Fathers of the Church