Abraham was called FATHER

Acts 7:2 Who said: Ye men, brethren, and fathers, hear. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charan.

Another Catholic alibi that the Catholic Church is not violating Christ's commandment that in religion Christians should not call any man FATHER.

REFUTATIONS:

A) Abraham was the father of Jews so It is natural for Stephen to call Abraham his father

B) Abraham is not a co Christian of Christians

In the Bible, All Christians are brethen in Matthew 23:8.

And besides Abraham is not a spiritual father of the Christians.

Christ said that they should call no man (among Christians) even preachers the word FATHER.

Because before the Christian era, A PRIEST WAS ALSO A FATHER.

Judges 18:19 And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?

As a Christian, Our only spiritual father is God as mentioned in Ephesians 4:6 and we should not call them FATHER but instead BROTHER.

C) The Christians call their fellow Christians BROTHER/S even a Christian is a preacher like Paul.

1 Corinthians 1

1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our "brother" Sosthenes,

2 To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all

those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ—their Lord and ours:

3 Grace and peace to you from God our "Father" and the Lord Jesus Christ.

10 I appeal to you," brothers", in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought.

11 My brothers, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you.

12 What I mean is this: One of you says, “I follow Paul”; another, “I follow Apollos”; another, “I follow Cephasa”; still another, “I follow Christ.”

26 Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many

were influential; not many were of noble birth.

(Can we read here "I follow father Paul, father Apollos")

Romans 12:1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.

Romans 15

14 I myself am convinced, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with knowledge and competent to instruct one another.

30 I urge you, brothers and sisters, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me.

1 Thessalonians 4

4:1 Finally, brothers, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living.

4:9 Now about brotherly love we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other.

4:10 And in fact, you do love all the brothers throughout Macedonia. Yet we urge you, brothers, to do so more and more.

4:3 Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope.

2 Peter 3

3:15 Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him.

Colossians 1

1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

1:2 To the holy and faithfula brothers in Christ at Colosse:Grace and peace to you from God our Father.

Acts 21:20 When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to Paul: “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law

NOW WHY APOSTLE PAUL WAS CALLED BROTHER AND NOT FATHER? HE HAS A HIGH POSITION IN THE CHURCH UNLIKE OTHER CHRISTIANS DURING HIS TIME?