Marakesh 𓅦 on Nostr: I don't think it's inappropriate to acknowledge a position that someone holds. For ...

I don't think it's inappropriate to acknowledge a position that someone holds. For example, someone might be a teacher, but Jesus said don't call them "Teacher so and so." I think it would have been fine for Timothy to acknowledge Paul as his father in the Gospel, but wrong for him to refer to Paul as "Father Paul." Thus, it may not be a problem to refer to the church fathers as a class of writers and leaders in the early church, but saying Father Ignatius or Father Augustine would probably be wrong.