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Doctor of the Church ( Latin: doctor "teacher"), also referred to as Doctor of the Universal Church (Latin: Doctor Ecclesiae Universalis ), is a title given by the Catholic Church to saints recognized as having made a significant contribution to theology or doctrine through their research, study, or writing. [1]
Jul 28, 2008 · The first church doctors were declared by Pope Boniface VIII in the 13th century: Sts. Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine, and Pope Gregory the Great. The first women to be named as church doctors were Sts. Teresa of Ávila and Catherine of Siena in 1970 by Pope Paul VI. The following is a list of all the doctors of the church in the order of when they ...
May 2, 2022 · The definition of the term “Doctor of the Church” is based on the three requirements that must be fulfilled by a person in order to merit being included in the ranks of the “ Doctors of the Catholic Church ”: 1) holiness that is truly outstanding, even among saints; 2) depth of doctrinal insight; and. 3) an extensive body of writings ...
- St. Albertus Magnus (1200-80) Added by Pope Pius XI in 1931.
- St. Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787) Added by Blessed Pope Pius IX in 1871.
- Saint Ambrose (340-97) One of the original four Doctors of the Latin Church.
- Saint Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109) Added by Pope Clement XI in 1720.
In the Western Church four eminent Fathers of the Church attained this honor in the early Middle Ages: St. Gregory the Great, St. Ambrose, St. Augustine, and St. Jerome. The “four Doctors” became a commonplace among the Scholastics, and a decree of Boniface VIII (1298) ordering their feasts to be kept as doubles in the whole Church is ...
Aug 14, 2012 · Almost 300 years went by before Pope Pius V added to these “Western” doctors four counterparts from the East: Saints Athanasius (295-373), Basil the Great (330-379), Gregory of Nazianzus (330-390), and John Chrysostom (345-407). At the same time, Pius, a Dominican friar, also named a brother Dominican, Thomas Aquinas, to the list.
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One of the four traditional Doctors of the Latin Church. Doctor of Grace. ST. BASIL THE GREAT (329-79). One of the Three Cappadocian Fathers. Father of monasticism in the East. ST. BEDE THE VENERABLE (673-735). Benedictine priest Father of English history.
