This allegorical interpretation was applied to the church by many church fathers.

Clement, like many pre-Nicene fathers, writes favourably about Euhemerus and other rationalist philosophers, on the grounds that they at least saw the flaws in paganism.

Lovecraft had many similarities with Poe ; they both lost their fathers at a young age, loved poetry, and used archaisms ( language pertaining to an earlier generation ) in their writing.

The religion of the Israelites of Iron Age I, like many Ancient Near Eastern religions, was based on the cult of the ancestors and the worship of family gods ( the " gods of the fathers ").

In common with many of the fathers, Irenaeus did not distinguish between the new earth re-created in its eternal state — the thousand years of Revelation 20 — when the saints are with Christ after His second advent, and the Jewish traditions of the Messianic kingdom.

Besides the doctrinal reasons for plural marriage, the practice made some economic sense, as many of the plural wives were single women who arrived in Utah without brothers or fathers to offer them societal support.

However, unlike many Church fathers, he was never canonized by the Catholic Church, as several of his later teachings directly contradicted the actions and teachings of the apostles.

Tertullian was a determined advocate of strict discipline and an austere code of practise, and like many of the African fathers, one of the leading representatives of the rigorist element in the early Church.

Party loyalty was passed from fathers to sons, and party activities, including spectacular campaign events, complete with uniformed marching groups and torchlight parades, were a part of the social life of many communities.

However, it is known from contemporary sources that there were many deviations to this rule, especially in regard to mothers over their sons, and empresses who ordered around and openly humiliated their fathers and brothers.

In addition to Father's Day, International Men's Day is celebrated in many countries on November 19 for men and boys who are not fathers.

Husbands and fathers directed the lives of women, and many doors were closed to female participation.

So many died at times that many of the Indian residents of the missions urged the fathers to raid new villages to supply them with more women.

During the 1840s many of the streets laid out by the town fathers had yet to be opened to traffic.

Mouren Drive was named after Joseph Mouren, who is considered by many to be one of the city's founding fathers.

The operation created many jobs for several generations, and it was not uncommon that fathers and sons, as well as mothers and daughters would work together.

He is now remembered chiefly because of the contents of his will, which directs that eight lectures shall be delivered annually at Oxford in the University Church on as many Sunday mornings in full term, " between the commencement of the last month in Lent term and the end of the third week in Act term, upon either of the following subjects: to confirm and establish the Christian faith, and to confute all heretics and schismatics ; upon the divine authority of the Holy Scriptures ; upon the authority of the writings of the primitive fathers, as to the faith and practice of the primitive Church ; upon the divinity of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ ; upon the divinity of the Holy Ghost ; upon the articles of the Christian faith as comprehended in the Apostles and Nicene Creeds.

The resulting light beam has characteristics that make it ideal for revealing the intricate architecture and utility of many kinds of matter — in this case, the previously hidden work of one of the founding fathers of all science.

Michael Crichton and Tom Clancy are considered to be the fathers of the " modern techno-thriller "; Crichton's book The Andromeda Strain and Clancy's book The Hunt for Red October set out the type example which defined the genre, although many authors had been writing similar material earlier.

Virton, Florenville, and many other neighbouring villages were the homes of many Canadian families whose fathers / husbands were stationed nearby at RCAF Station No. 1 ( F ) Wing, in Marville, France.

The leadership is not strictly hereditary and although many Emirs have succeeded their fathers, the family chooses the leader from each succeeding generation.

The Bronx is home to many of the fathers of graffiti art such as Tats Cru.

Sardar Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel () ( 31 October 1875 – 15 December 1950 ) was an Indian barrister and statesman, one of the leaders of the Indian National Congress and one of the founding fathers of India.

Macon city fathers, supported by Wellston leaders, obtained property rights from the Feagin Family who were the original owners.

With some support from political leaders in the nation's capital and from eastern newspapers, the town fathers attempted to use their position as a Gentile city to break the political and economic monopoly held by the Mormons in Utah Territory.

The Committee decided that the government should collect portraits of Australian governors-general, parliamentary leaders and the principal " fathers " of federation to be painted by Australian artists.

Bly therefore sees today's men as half adults, trapped somewhere between childhood and maturity, a state in which they find it hard to become responsible leaders, carers and fathers, which in turn leads to the passing down of that immaturity through the generations.

The convention included the city fathers of Albany, wealthy landowners from the Hudson River valley, and local militia leaders.

Spanning over fifty years, the ‘ Australian Father of the Year ’ has been awarded to high-profile, famous fathers, from prime ministers & politicians to sportsmen and business leaders, acknowledging the support, guidance and love they show to Australian children

In most Near Eastern Arab countries, the only such parties were the Communist parties, whose founding fathers and subsequent leaders came mostly from the Jewish, Armenian, Kurdish or Shi ' ia minorities.

Elders or spiritual fathers are charismatic spiritual leaders whose wisdom stems from God as obtained from ascetic experience.

The male children who were the result of these visits were either killed, sent back to their fathers or exposed in the wilderness to fend for themselves ; the girls were kept and brought up by their mothers, and trained in agricultural pursuits, hunting, and the art of war.

Carnegie believed that the sons of prosperous businesspersons were rarely as talented as their fathers.

His writings were well regarded by all Church fathers who followed, in both the West and the East.

Mothers were more important than fathers in the development of male chauvinism, and resolution was sometimes associated with decompensation in wives.

Both Tertullian and Gregory of Nyssa were church fathers who were married.

Many Egyptians were tortured and martyred to accept the terms of Chalcedon, but Egyptians remained loyal to the faith of their fathers and to the Cyrillian view of Christology.

Many notable Muslim Bengali figures were among the Founding fathers of present date, State of Pakistan.

Temmu also had other consorts whose fathers were influential courtiers.

The editors of the influential 18th century French encyclopedia Encyclopedie were ideologically opposed to biographies because they believed too much ink had already been spilled on hagiographies of church fathers and deeds of kings, and not enough about the average person or life in general.

" In short, the expectant fathers feared that if more sons were born in the surrounding community, then they themselves would be more likely to have a daughter.

The Brothers Grimm ( 1785 – 1863 & 1786 – 1859 ) not only wrote the popular Grimm's Fairy Tales, but were among the founding fathers of German philology and German studies.

By this system, the children were free people and could inherit property, thus originating a class of " mulattos " with property and some with wealthy fathers.

The fathers of Christianity included those who had been disciples of Jesus such as Peter, Matthew, James and John, as well as others who may never have met him but were either influenced by accounts of his teachings such as the Gospel writers Mark and Luke, or described having spiritual revelations of his divine nature, such as Paul of Tarsus who actively encouraged the founding of Christian communities or " churches " after his conversion.

A number of Goler children were victims of sexual abuse at the hands of fathers, mothers, uncles, aunts, sisters, brothers, cousins, and each other.

The utopian ideals of the founding fathers – social justice and the right to decent work – were changed by diplomatic and political compromises made at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, showing the ILO's balance between idealism and pragmatism.

Until they were butad, Zulu boys accompanied their fathers and brothers on campaign as servants.

Judges at the House of Lords secured their position by mere virtue of the fact that their fathers were hereditary peers and so individuals would automatically inherit seats in the upper house rather than securing their position through merit.

Adam Smith and David Hume were the founding fathers of anti-mercantilist thought.

Successive administrations tried to stabilize the imperial economy by freezing the social structure into place: sons were to succeed their fathers in their trade, councilors were forbidden to resign, and coloni, the cultivators of land, were not to move from the land they were attached to.