(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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These writings reveal the degree to which the gospel was despised and dismissed by the early church fathers. 这些著作展现了福音书被轻视的程度，被早期教父所解散。
Of the early fathers of the Church, only Tertullian seems to have questioned the teaching. 早期的教父当中，只有特土良对此教导有疑问。
