(Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching.
1St Therese of Lisieux, now a doctor of the church, was among them.
2Some are men and women: nuns, warriors, doctors of the church.
3He was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church in 1295.
4St. Jerome is counted as one of the chief Fathers or doctors of the Church.
5Second circle of the spirits of wise religious men, doctors of the Church and teachers.-St.
6He is the sainted doctor of the Church, equally an authority with both Catholics and Protestants.
7To whom has some picture of saint or doctor of the Church any charm at first sight?
8These are supposed to be the four great Doctors of the Church: Saints Augustine, Gregory, Jerome, and Ambrose.
9He assiduously read the holy scriptures, and fathers, and was one of the most learned doctors of the church.
10A large fresco, representing the four Doctors of the Church who had especially written in honour of the Virgin: viz.
11Luther now comprehends Augustine, the great doctor of the Church, embraces his philosophy and sees how much it has been misunderstood.
12The fourth, of the Sun, revolved by the Powers, is the abode of the great intellectual lights, the doctors of the Church.
13She had received her mission from God alone, and she read in a book sealed against all the doctors of the Church.
14For the first 1,970 years of its existence, Doctors of the Church were men only, and generally theologians.
15He was declared Venerable (1796), canonised (1839), and recognised as a Doctor of the Church (1871).
16He was canonized in 1323, and was proclaimed a doctor of the Church by Pius V. in 1567.
Translations for doctor of the church