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theologist vs Father of the Church

Father of the Church vs theologist

theologist and Father of the Church both are nouns.

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