jiào

technical
name

Meaning of 教父

教父 means Church Father; early Christian theologian; godfather; baptismal sponsor. Pronounced jiào fù.

  • Church Father; early Christian theologian
  • godfather; baptismal sponsor

Definitions & Examples

Ào
dīng
shì
jiào
shǐ
shàng
zuì
zhòng
yào
de
jiào
zhī
 

Augustine is one of the most important Church Fathers in Christian history.

Yán
jiū
zǎo
jiào
xiǎng
 
yuè
jiào
men
de
zhù
zuò
 

To study early Christian thought, one must read the works of the Church Fathers.

Zhè
huì
de
zhǔ
shì
jiào
zhé
xué
duì
西
fāng
wén
huà
de
yǐng
xiǎng
 

The theme of this conference is the influence of Patristic philosophy on Western culture.

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