Doctor of the Church

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noun

(Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching
- the Doctors of the Church greatly influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages
• Syn:
Doctor
• Topics:
Roman Catholic, Western Church, Roman Catholic Church, Church of Rome, Roman Church
• Hypernyms:
theologian, theologist, theologizer, theologiser
• Instance Hyponyms:
Ambrose, Saint Ambrose, St. Ambrose, Aquinas, Thomas Aquinas,
Saint Thomas, St. Thomas, Saint Thomas Aquinas, St. Thomas Aquinas, Athanasius, Saint Athanasius,
St. Athanasius, Athanasius the Great, Augustine, Saint Augustine, St. Augustine, Augustine of Hippo,
Basil, St. Basil, Basil of Caesarea, Basil the Great, St. Basil the Great, Bede,
Saint Bede, St. Bede, Baeda, Saint Baeda, St. Baeda, Beda,
Saint Beda, St. Beda, the Venerable Bede, Gregory, Gregory I, Saint Gregory I,
St. Gregory I, Gregory the Great, Gregory Nazianzen, Gregory of Nazianzen, St. Gregory of Nazianzen, Irenaeus,
Saint Irenaeus, St. Irenaeus, Jerome, Saint Jerome, St. Jerome, Hieronymus,
Eusebius Hieronymus, Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus, John Chrysostom, St. John Chrysostom