john chrysostom

Noun
  1. (Roman Catholic Church) a Church Father who was a great preacher and bishop of Constantinople;
    A saint and Doctor of the Church (347-407) (synset 111106764)
    referred to in: church of rome, roman catholic, roman catholic church, roman church, western church - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy
    is an instance of:
    • church father, father, father of the church - (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
    • doctor, doctor of the church - (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching
    • preacher, preacher man, sermoniser, sermonizer - someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel
    • saint - a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
    • theologian, theologiser, theologist, theologizer - someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology
    same as: st. john chrysostom

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