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theologian vs Church Father

Church Father vs theologian

theologian and Church Father both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
theologian Yes No No No
Church Father Yes No No No
As nouns, Church Father is a hyponym of theologian; that is, Church Father is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than theologian:
  • theologian: someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology
  • 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
Other hyponyms of theologian include Father, Father of the Church, Doctor, Doctor of the Church, eschatologist, futurist, presentist, preterist.
theologian (noun) Church Father (noun)
someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology (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
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