(Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching
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Doctor |
Doctor of the Church |
sample sentences
"the Doctors of the Church greatly influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages"
semantic pointers
domain of synset (topic)
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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, 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