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Doctor Of The Church
For the Catholic Church Roman, a Doctor of the Church is a theologian or a priest whose writings or teaching are regarded as having served the religion of an outstanding and whose life is regarded as exemplary in terms of requirements that it. All the Doctors of the Church were either canonized or officially considered holy to the oldest of them. Three women are recognized Doctors of the Church.
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Many Doctors of the Church are the Church Fathers. But the title of Father of the Church, she dedicated to the masters of the early centuries.
List of Doctors of the Church
The Roman Catholic Church recognizes 33 Doctors of the Church are as follows, with (if known) the date on which they were proclaimed:
The four Latin Doctors of the tradition
- Ambrose of Milan (339-394), bishop
- Augustine of Hippo (354 - 430), bishop
- Stridon Jerome (c. 347-420), monk (usually known as St. Jerome)
- Gregory I told Gregory the Great (540-604), pope
The Four Doctors of the Greek tradition
- Athanasius of Alexandria (c. 296-373), patriarch
- Basil of Caesarea , "said Basil the Great (330-379), bishop
- Gregory Nazianzen , "said Gregory the Theologian (329 - 390)
- John Chrysostom (345 - 407), patriarch
The doctors proclaimed by the Catholic Church in the sixteenth century to the nineteenth century
- Thomas Aquinas (1225 - 1274) - 1568 , religious Dominican , called "Common Doctor", "doctor of doctors" or "Angelic Doctor"
- Bagnorea Bonaventure (1221 - 1274) - 1588 , religious Franciscan , called "Seraphic Doctor"
- Anselm of Canterbury (1033 - 1109) - 1720 , bishop, called "wonderful doctor"
- Isidore of Seville (c. 560-636) - 1722 , Bishop
- Chrysologue stone (around 380 - 450) - 1729 , Bishop
- Leo I (406-461) - 1754 , pope
- Peter Damian (ca. 1007-1072) - 1828 , Cardinal, religious Camaldolese
- Bernard of Clairvaux (1090 - 1153) - 1830 , monk Cistercian called "doctor tasty"
- Hilary of Poitiers (315 - 367) - 1851 , Bishop
- Alphonsus Liguori (1696 - 1787) - 1871 , bishop, doctor of moral
- Francis de Sales (1567 - 1622) - 1877 , bishop, called "Doctor of Love"
- Cyril of Alexandria (c. 380-444) - 1883 , Patriarch
- Cyril of Jerusalem (? - 387) - 1883 , Patriarch
- John Damascene (c. 675 - to 749) - 1883 , Monk
- Bede the Venerable (672 / 3 - 735) - 1899 , Monk
The doctors proclaimed by the Catholic Church in twentieth century
- Ephrem the Syrian (306-373) - 1920 , deacon
- Peter Canisius (1521 - 1597) - 1925 , Jesuit
- John of the Cross (1542 - 1591) - 1926 , Carmelite , called "Mystical Doctor"
- Robert Bellarmine (1542 - 1621) - 1931 Cardinal, Jesuit
- Albertus Magnus (c. 1193-1280) - 1931 , Dominican , called "universal doctor"
- Anthony of Padua (c. 1195-1231) - 1946 , Franciscan , called "Evangelical Doctor"
- Lawrence of Brindisi (1559 - 1619) - 1959 , Capuchin , called "Doctor apostolic"
- Teresa of Avila (1515 - 1582) - 1970 , Carmelite nun , the first woman Doctor of the Church with
- Catherine of Siena (1347 - 1380) - 1970 Dominican tertiary
- Therese of Lisieux (1873 - 1897) and Therese of the Child Jesus - 1997 , Carmelite.
Causes PhD
- Louis-Marie Grignon de Montfort (1673-1716, canonized in 1947) is tipped to be the next Doctor proclaimed by the Catholic Church.
- John of Avila (1500-1569, canonized in 1970) References
- 30 days , January 2004.
See also
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External Links
- (En) http://www.jesusmarie.com/ site providing extensive information on all doctors of the Church, and some of their writings downloadable.
- (En) Many writings of doctors of the Church in the Catholic Library Online (12000 pages)
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