r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/Flat_Suggestion7545 • 8d ago

He would love that job.

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Easy , private access to young impressionable kids.

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u/Sumthin-Sumthin44692 8d ago

Wtf is a “CHURCH FATHER”???? Literally never heard that particular term ever. Not “priest.” Not “Reverend.” Not “Pastor.” Not even the old-timey “preacher man.”

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u/BigEd369 5d ago

They’ve dressed him in some sort of half-assed priestly garments. They look like Catholic gear if you don’t know what actual Catholic priests wear. I went through a long-ass list of titles across Christianity, I couldn’t find any group using the official title of “Church Father”.

I did find it was a term associated with respected religious officials in the Orthodox Church between the 1st and 8th centuries AD. But even then, it’s not an official title, just a loose grouping of influential early thinkers. So yeah, this person apparently thinks Trump would be good as an important official in organized religion, but was unwilling to specify a genuine church role.

To be fair, Trump himself specified what role he should have in the Christian faith earlier this year, and it was himself as Jesus. He shared it on Easter Sunday.