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Eleven Doctors of the Church are recognized from the Middle Ages, all of them except the last from the Latin or Western Church:
 
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::::Much of the information on this page has been taken from the [[https://www.crossroadsinitiative.com| Crossroads Initiative]], the [[http://www.doctorsofthecatholicchurch.com/IOD.html| Doctors of the Church website]] and [[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05075a.htm| the Catholic Encyclopedia]].
 
::::Much of the information on this page has been taken from the [[https://www.crossroadsinitiative.com| Crossroads Initiative]], the [[http://www.doctorsofthecatholicchurch.com/IOD.html| Doctors of the Church website]] and [[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05075a.htm| the Catholic Encyclopedia]].
  
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Revision as of 16:48, 21 May 2019

Doctor of the Church is a title conferred, in the Roman Catholic church, by the pope and in other churches by equivalent authorities on "certain Christian theologians of outstanding merit and acknowledged saintliness" (Livingstone, 2006). A canonized Saint whose understanding and interpretation of scripture and doctrine has taught the church in general, including a substantial body of writings. The earliest of these are foundational in Christian theology, long p[re-dating the Great Scism and even more the development of Protestantism. is, on proclamation by The Pope, to be regardedf as a Doctor of the Church. Doctors of the church are traditionally grouped into periods. The first is the group of Ecumenical Doctors, four from the Latin church - that is, they lived and taught in the western half of the Roman Empire:

Four of the Ecumenical Fathers also deemed Doctors came from the Eastern (Greek-speaking) half of Roman Empire:

Eight other Doctors from the patristic period (~ to 700CE):

  • St. Ephraem the Deacon, 306-373 (Syriac)
  • St. Hilary, 315-368 (Latin)
  • St. Cyril of Jerusalem, 315-387 (Greek)
  • St. Cyril of Alexandria, 376-444 (Greek)
  • St. Leo the Great (Pope), 390-461 (Latin)
  • St. Peter Chrysologus, 400-450 (Latin)
  • St. Isidore of Seville (last of the Latin Fathers), 560-636
  • St. John Damascene (last of the Greek Fathers), 676-749

Eleven Doctors of the Church are recognized from the Middle Ages, all of them except the last from the Latin or Western Church:

  • St. Bede 'the Venerable', 673-735
  • St. Peter Damian, 1007-1072
    St. Anselm, 1033-1109
    St. Bernard of Clairvaux, 1090-1153
   St. Hildegard of Bingen, 1098-1179
   St. Anthony of Padua, 1195-1231
    St. Albert the Great, 1200-1280
    St. Bonaventure, 1217-1274
    St. Thomas Aquinas, 1225-1274
    St. Catherine of Siena, 1347-1379
   St. Gregory of Narek 951-1003 (from the Armenian Church)


Much of the information on this page has been taken from the [Crossroads Initiative], the [Doctors of the Church website] and [the Catholic Encyclopedia]..