09921792-n 'any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine';
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