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The Church Fathers, Early Church Fathers, Christian Fathers, or Fathers of the Church are ancient and generally influential Christian theologians, some of whom were eminent teachers and great bishops. The term is used of writers or teachers of the Church not necessarily ordained and not necessarily "saints"—Origen Adamantius and Tertullian are often considered Church Fathers but are not saints owing to their views later deemed heretical 〔(''Church Father (Christianity)'' -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia )〕—although most are honored as saints in the Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Anglican, Lutheran churches, and other churches and groups. By 700 A.D. all of these church fathers had died. While western churches regard only early teachers of Christianity as Fathers, the Orthodox Church honors as "Fathers" many saints far beyond the early centuries of church history, even to the present day. ==Great Fathers== In each of Western and Eastern Christianity, four Fathers are called the "Great Church Fathers" as follows:〔''Reading Scripture with the Church Fathers'' by Christopher A. Hall (Aug 17, 1998) InterVarsity Press ISBN 0830815007 page 55〕〔''History of the Concept of Mind'' by Paul S. MacDonald (Mar 2003) ISBN 0754613658 page 124〕 * Western Church: Ambrose (340–397), Jerome (347–420), Augustine (354–430) and Saint Gregory the Great (540–604) * Eastern Church: Basil (c. 329–379), Athanasius (c. 296–373), Gregory of Nazianzus (329 – c. 389) and John Chrysostom (347–407) In the Roman Catholic Church, they are also called the "Eight Doctors of the Church".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「church fathers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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