Why the false title “Holy Father”? Never did we see Paul, Peter, James etc be referred to in this manner.
-—Never did we see Paul, Peter, James etc be referred to in this manner.-—
Paul refers to Timothy repeatedly as his child and son. He also says, “I became your father in Jesus Christ through the Gospel.”
Peter and John said similar things.
The office of the chief steward or vice-regent of the ancient Davidic kingdom, the type for the papacy, is referred to as the “father to Jerusalem.” See Isaiah 22.