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Church Father vs theologian

theologian vs Church Father

Church Father and theologian both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Church Father Yes No No No
theologian Yes No No No
As nouns, theologian is a hypernym of Church Father; that is, theologian is a word with a broader meaning than Church Father:
  • Church Father: (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
  • theologian: someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology
Other hypernyms of Church Father include theologiser, theologist, theologizer.
Church Father (noun) theologian (noun)
(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 someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology
Difference between Church Father and theologian

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