(Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching.
1He was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church in 1295.
2He was declared Venerable (1796), canonised (1839), and recognised as a Doctor of the Church (1871).
3And yet other vocations make themselves felt- Ifeelcalled to the Priesthood and to the Apostolate- Iwouldbe a Martyr, a Doctor of the Church.
4St Therese of Lisieux, now a doctor of the church, was among them.
5Some are men and women: nuns, warriors, doctors of the church.
6St. Jerome is counted as one of the chief Fathers or doctors of the Church.
7Second circle of the spirits of wise religious men, doctors of the Church and teachers.-St.
8He is the sainted doctor of the Church, equally an authority with both Catholics and Protestants.
9To whom has some picture of saint or doctor of the Church any charm at first sight?
10These are supposed to be the four great Doctors of the Church: Saints Augustine, Gregory, Jerome, and Ambrose.
11He assiduously read the holy scriptures, and fathers, and was one of the most learned doctors of the church.
12A large fresco, representing the four Doctors of the Church who had especially written in honour of the Virgin: viz.
13Luther now comprehends Augustine, the great doctor of the Church, embraces his philosophy and sees how much it has been misunderstood.
14The fourth, of the Sun, revolved by the Powers, is the abode of the great intellectual lights, the doctors of the Church.
15She had received her mission from God alone, and she read in a book sealed against all the doctors of the Church.
16For the first 1,970 years of its existence, Doctors of the Church were men only, and generally theologians.
Translations for Doctor of the Church