"I am writing this not to shame you but to warn you as my dear children. Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel." - 1 Corinthians 4:14-15 (NIV)
nobody in the first churches called Paul "holy father Paul" or even "father Paul" to my knowledge. And he never accepted it as a title, let alone introduced himself that way! He always only called the Father, Father. And the christians knew this distinction.
"I am writing this not to shame you but to warn you as my dear children. Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel." - 1 Corinthians 4:14-15 (NIV)
nobody in the first churches called Paul "holy father Paul" or even "father Paul" to my knowledge. And he never accepted it as a title, let alone introduced himself that way! He always only called the Father, Father. And the christians knew this distinction.