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Meanings of early fathers in English
Russian
отцы церкви Portuguese
pais da igreja Spanish
padres de la iglesia catolica Catalan
pares de l'església catòlica 
Group of ancient and influential Christian theologians and writers.
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Examples for "church fathers"
Examples for "church fathers"
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He felt that the visit of his church fathers was unreal.
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From these schools came great church fathers who defended the church from the heretics of the age.
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He is then asked, if he is a disciple, not of Christ, but of certain church fathers.
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The early church fathers had the power of healing, in short, it was a part of their work.
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As they supposed, these articles had been determined by the church fathers-Augustine ,Jerome ,andothers-andby the Bible.
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The early Christian fathers were perfectly familiar with the theories of Lucretius.
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There has never been a stronger type of men than the Christian Fathers.
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The Christian Fathers contented themselves with reviling and ridiculing the use of these emblems.
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But the Christian Fathers always wore a long black gown.
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They were, as the Christian Fathers were fond of saying, a preparation for Christianity.
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Are you not aware that the holy fathers of the church have condemned this belief?
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All the ancient fathers of the church considered it as the corner stone of the Christian fabric.
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Some of the fathers of the church, and many estimable divines of different countries, had adopted it.
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Good work, particularly, though not exclusively, in editing the fathers of the church, was done by Erasmus.
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And the fathers of the church, St. Gregory, St. Ambrose, and St. Augustine denounce vehemently astronomy, and geometry.
Usage of early fathers in English
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In fact, he was one of the early fathers of the Alice project.
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The early fathers-Spanish-erectedMissions from one end of the State to the other.
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This is shown to us by the apologists and early fathers of the Church.
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Of this belief we find survivals among the early fathers, and especially in St. Ambrose.
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Of Marcion's abortive attempt we have abundant notices in the writings of the early fathers.
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The early fathers also were subjects of Pagan powers.
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The early fathers of the hamlet met
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The early fathers worshipped native deities only.
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None of the early fathers believed that all these writings were equally inspired and equally authoritative.]
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The early fathers were too frugal.
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We have the life of Paul, the hermit, of the third century, by one of the early fathers of the church.
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The early fathers had no thought of founding a nation when they sought refuge and a new start on this continent.
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Bull received the thanks of the French clergy for his vindication of the early fathers against the most learned of the Jesuits.
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The early fathers, the mediaeval doctors, the great divines of the Reformation period, Catholic and Protestant, had united in this universal chorus.
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These writings were quoted freely by the early fathers, who rarely cared to give the exact language even of the great apostle.
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The abolitionists and Protestant churches were also in the field, but the work of the early fathers in these cities was more effective.
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