Patriarchs (Bible) father of the prophets in Islam because all subsequent prophets descended from him (the Israelite prophets through Ishāq and Muhammad through Ismā'īl). The Matriarchs, also known as "the four mothers" (ארבע האמהות), who were married to the biblical patriarchs: Patriarchs (Bible) The patriarchs ( "Avot" or "Abot", singular "Ab" or Aramaic: אבא "Abba") of the Bible, when narrowly defined, are Abraham, his son Isaac, and Isaac's son Jacob, also named Israel, the ancestor of the Israelites. These three figures are referred to collectively as the patriarchs, and the period in which they lived is known as the patriarchal age. They
Pope (word) Alexandria, to Philemon, a Roman presbyter: Which translates into: From the early 3rd century the title was applied generically to all bishops. The earliest extant record of the word "papa" being used in reference to a Bishop of Rome dates to late 3rd century, when it was applied to Pope Marcellinus. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the earliest recorded use of the title "pope" in English is in an Old English translation ("c". 950) of Bede's "Ecclesiastical History of the English People": In Modern English: The title "pope" continues to be used by Alexandrian bishops; both the Coptic Orthodox