Significados de ancient father em inglês

The Jews, as an ancient father well observed, are our librarians.

The Quakers, in their view of this subject, make the same distinction as this ancient father of the church.

An ancient father says "that a dog we know is better company than a man whose language we do not understand."

He is, in truth, a thinly-sealed volcano of our imperishable ancient father; and has it in him to be the multitudinously-amorous of the mythologic Jove.

Everything can be, as it was for our ancient fathers.

No wonder that the ancient fathers saw in this remarkable passage an unconscious prophecy of Christ.

Are you the offspring of those ancient fathers?

All the ancient fathers of the church considered it as the corner stone of the Christian fabric.

In the beginning of the New-making, the ancient fathers lived successively in four caves in the Four fold-containing-earth.

Popular feeling had no influence over him; nor could he submit to the opinions of the ancient fathers.

Perchance he mistook me for the ghost of some ancient Father Superior visiting him in warning of his sins.

The ancient fathers, aroused by the indecent dances of those days, gave emphatic evidence against any participation in the dance.

It was one of that interminable series of controversial volumes, containing the theological speculations of the ancient fathers of the Church.

I hold with that ancient Father of the Church who maintained that all women are changed into men on the judgment-day.

On the right thou seest that ancient Father of Holy Church, to whom Christ entrusted the keys of this lovely flower.

"Our ancient fathers in the desert," quoth he, "were rewarded according to their holiness.