God the Father

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Etymology

See god and father.

Proper noun

God the Father

1. (Christian theology) The aspect (hypostasis) of the Trinity or Godhead corresponding to the God of Abraham and the Jewish scriptures and considered the creator of mankind and father of Jesus Christ
   • 1549, The booke of the common prayer and adminiſtracion of the Sacramentes, and other rites and ceremonies of the Churche: after the vſe of the Churche of England

     And aboue all thynges: ye muſt geue moſte humble and hartie thankes to God the father, the ſonne, and the holy ghoſt, for the redempcion of the worlde...

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:god

Related terms

• God the Son
• God the Holy Ghost, God the Holy Spirit

Translations

aspect of the Trinity

• Bulgarian: Бог Отец m (Bog Otec)
• Catalan: Déu Pare m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 聖父, 圣父 (sing³ fu⁶)

  Mandarin: 聖父 (zh), 圣父 (zh) (Shèngfù)

• Czech: Bůh Otec m
• Danish: Gud Fader c, Fadern c
• Dutch: God de Vader m
• French: Dieu le Père (fr) m
• German: Gott der Vater m
• Italian: Dio Padre m
• Latin: Deus Pater m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Gud Fader m

  Nynorsk: Gud Fader m

• Polish: Bóg Ojciec (pl) m
• Portuguese: Deus, o Pai m
• Romanian: Dumnezeu Tatăl m
• Russian: Бог Отец (ru) m (Bog Otec)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бог Отац m

  Roman: Bog Otac m

• Slovak: Boh Otec m
• Spanish: Dios Padre m
• Swedish: Gud Fader c, Fadern (sv) c