the Church Fathers
常指2至7世纪的早期基督教神学家集体。
The writings of the Church Fathers form the foundation of Christian theology.
教父的著作构成了基督教神学的基础。
父亲；爸爸
fathers — plural of father
神父；奠基人；鼻祖；祖先；家族创始人；父亲般的人；早期基督教教父
A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, etc.).
用于神父的称号。
A title given to priests.
男性父母(也用作称呼父亲的称谓)
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.
公元最初几个世纪的主要教会权威之一。
One of the chief ecclesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ.
家族的创始人
the founder of a family
A term of respectful address for an elderly man.
自然力量或抽象概念拟人化的称号,如时间老人或严寒老人。
A title given to the personification of a force of nature or abstract concept, such as Father Time or Father Frost.
在某些教会中对神父的称呼(尤其是罗马天主教或东正教)；在军队中常用“Padre”
`Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military
A term of respectful address for a priest.
A person who plays the role of a father in some way.
A pioneering figure in a particular field.
Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
Something inanimate that begets.
A member of a church council.
The archived older version of a file that immediately precedes the current version, and was itself derived from the grandfather.
The writings of the Church Fathers are studied in theology classes.
神学课程中会研究教父们的著作。
用法提示：此句中'fathers'指早期基督教神学家，作名词，表示教父。
AI contextual example
Many Church Fathers were also bishops in the early Christian church.
许多教父也是早期基督教教会的主教。
用法提示：此句中'Fathers'用作名词，指代具有权威的早期教会神学家。
AI contextual example
A student of patristics must read the original texts of the Fathers.
研究教父学的学生必须阅读教父们的原始文本。
用法提示：此句中'Fathers'为复数形式名词，特指基督教教父群体。
AI contextual example
常指2至7世纪的早期基督教神学家集体。
The writings of the Church Fathers form the foundation of Christian theology.
教父的著作构成了基督教神学的基础。
指个人，常用于指代某位特定的教父。
Augustine was a Church Father whose works are still studied today.
奥古斯丁是一位教父，他的著作至今仍被研究。
这些词专指早期基督教确立教义的神学家，不可用于指代亲生父亲或普通神职人员。
与Church Father完全同义，但使用较少。
强调其神学家的身份，但并非所有教父都是神学家，使用范围较窄。
grammar · medium
易错句子Augustine is a famous father in church history.
正确表达Augustine is a famous Church Father in church history.
在英语中，特指早期基督教教父时，应用'Church Father'且'Father'大写，而'father'小写仅指生父。中文学习者常因忽略大小写而误用。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is a father of the church.
正确表达He is a Church Father.
'Church Father'是固定搭配，特指早期基督教教父，不可拆分为'father of the church'，后者可能被误解为教堂的创办人或神父。
与确立正统教义的教父相反，指持不同神学观点的人。
非神职人员的普通信徒，与作为神学权威的教父相对。
教会教父
Augustine was a prominent Church Father.
奥古斯丁是一位杰出的教会教父。
早期教父
The early Church Fathers wrote extensively on Christian doctrine.
早期教父们撰写了大量关于基督教教义的文章。
拉丁教父
Jerome is known as one of the Latin Fathers.
哲罗姆被称为拉丁教父之一。
希腊教父
Athanasius was a key Greek Father in the Arian controversy.
阿塔纳修斯是阿里乌斯争议中的一位关键希腊教父。
使徒教父
Clement of Rome is considered an Apostolic Father.
罗马的克莱门特被视为一位使徒教父。
父亲是教会早期的神学家，与教会教义确立相关。
教父们通过著作奠定了正统神学基础。
部分教父后来被封为圣人。
教父们的著作确立了官方教会教义。
一些著名拉丁教父被宣布为教会圣师。
有其父必有其子
He's always been a careful driver, but his teenage son already has two speeding tickets. Like father, like son, I guess.
他一直是个小心的司机，但他十几岁的儿子已经有两张超速罚单了。有其父必有其子，我猜。
……之父
He is considered the father of modern physics.
他被认为是现代物理学之父。
从父到子（代代相传）
This family business has been passed down from father to son for over a century.
这家家族企业已经父传子超过一个世纪了。
不，我是你父亲。
The famous line from Star Wars has been parodied countless times.
《星球大战》中的这句经典台词被无数次模仿。
我们在天上的父，愿人都尊你的名为圣。
This opening line of the Lord's Prayer is one of the most widely recognized Christian phrases.
主祷文的开篇是基督教最广为人知的短语之一。
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.