English > Athanasius the Great: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | (Roman Catholic Church) Greek patriarch of Alexandria who championed Christian orthodoxy against Arianism; a church father, saint, and Doctor of the Church (293-373). |
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| Synonyms | Athanasius, Saint Athanasius, St. Athanasius |
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| Category | Roman Catholic, Western Church, Roman Catholic Church, Church of Rome, Roman Church | The Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy |
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| Instance of | Church Father, Father of the Church, Father | (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine |
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| Doctor of the Church, Doctor | (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching |
| saint | A person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization |
| theologian, theologist, theologizer, theologiser | someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology |
