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Doctors of the Church

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | | Copyright

Doctors of the Church. Title given by the Roman Catholic Church to certain saints who were also outstanding theologians. The first to be named were Gregory the Great, Ambrose, Augustine, and Jerome, by Pope Boniface VIII in 1298.

The title doctor is also unofficially used with distinguishing adjectives for the various scholastic teachers, e.g. Doctor Angelicus ( Thomas Aquinas), Doctor universalis (Albertus Magnus), etc.

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Doctors of the Church

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | | Copyright

Doctors of the Church. A title regularly given since the Middle Ages to certain Christian theologians of outstanding merit and acknowledged saintliness. Sts Gregory the Great, Ambrose, Augustine, and Jerome were originally held to be the ‘four doctors’ par excellence; the list has been increased to over 30.

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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Doctors of the Church." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Doctors of the Church." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-DoctorsoftheChurch.html

E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Doctors of the Church." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-DoctorsoftheChurch.html

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Doctors of the Church

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Doctors of the Church see Fathers of the Church .

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