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Meanings of Doctor of the Church in English

Portuguese
doutor da igreja
Catalan
doctor
Spanish
doctor

(Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching.

        doutor da igreja
        Usage of Doctor of the Church in English
        1
        He was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church in 1295.
        The Irish Times
        2
        He was declared Venerable (1796), canonised (1839), and recognised as a Doctor of the Church (1871).
        History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the Frenc...
        3
        And yet other vocations make themselves felt- Ifeelcalled to the Priesthood and to the Apostolate- Iwouldbe a Martyr, a Doctor of the Church.
        The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of...
        4
        St Therese of Lisieux, now a doctor of the church, was among them.
        The Irish Times
        5
        Some are men and women: nuns, warriors, doctors of the church.
        Wolf hall
        6
        St. Jerome is counted as one of the chief Fathers or doctors of the Church.
        The Chosen People: A Compendium of Sacred and Church History for...
        7
        Second circle of the spirits of wise religious men, doctors of the Church and teachers.-St.
        The Divine Comedy, Volume 3, Paradise
        8
        He is the sainted doctor of the Church, equally an authority with both Catholics and Protestants.
        Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04: Imperial Antiquity
        9
        To whom has some picture of saint or doctor of the Church any charm at first sight?
        Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VII (of 8)
        10
        These are supposed to be the four great Doctors of the Church: Saints Augustine, Gregory, Jerome, and Ambrose.
        Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester / A Descrip...
        11
        He assiduously read the holy scriptures, and fathers, and was one of the most learned doctors of the church.
        The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints. J...
        12
        A large fresco, representing the four Doctors of the Church who had especially written in honour of the Virgin: viz.
        Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts
        13
        Luther now comprehends Augustine, the great doctor of the Church, embraces his philosophy and sees how much it has been misunderstood.
        Beacon Lights of History, Volume 3 part 2: Renaissance and Refor...
        14
        The fourth, of the Sun, revolved by the Powers, is the abode of the great intellectual lights, the doctors of the Church.
        National Epics
        15
        She had received her mission from God alone, and she read in a book sealed against all the doctors of the Church.
        The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2
        16
        For the first 1,970 years of its existence, Doctors of the Church were men only, and generally theologians.
        The Irish Times
        Translations for Doctor of the Church
        Spanish
        doctor