May I introduce to you the Doctors of the Church

Hello…….. Good day to everyone across the entire universe!!

And now lets talk about the “Doctors of the Church” well they are not literally a doctor like psychiatrist, cardiologist, allergist (immunologist), anesthesiologist and etc they are more than that they are the saints that have done a lot for the sake of Catholic faith particularly in their contribution to the doctrine and theology………

But before the 16th century they are called the Fathers of the Church in the early middle ages they are St. Gregory the Great, Saint Ambrose, Saint Augustine and St. Jerome the “four Doctors” became a commonplace among the scholastics and a decree of Boniface VIII (1298)

And now there are almost 36 Doctors of the Church

1. St. Gregory the Great
2. St. Ambrose
3. St. Augustine
4. St. Jerome
5. St. Thomas Aquinas
6. St.John Chrysostom
7. St. Basil the Great
8. St. Gregory of Nazianzus
9. St, Athanasius
10. St.Bonaventure
11. St. Anselm
12. St. Isidore of Seville
13. St. Peter Chrysologus
14. St. Leo the Great
15. St. Peter Damian
16. St. Bernard of Clairvaux
17. St. Hillary of Poitiers
18. St. Alphonsus Liguore
19.  St. Francis de Sales
20. St. Cyril of Alexandria
21. St. Cryril of Jerusalem
22. St. John Damascene
23. St. Bebe the venerable
24. St. Ephrem
25. St. Peter Canisius
26. St. John of the Cross
27. St. Robert Bellarmine
28. St. Albertus Magnus
29. St. Anthony of Lisbon and Padua
30. St. Lawrence of Brindisi
31. St. Teresa of Avila
32. St. Catherine of Siena
33. St. Theresa of Lisieux
34. St. John of Avila
35. St. Hildegard of Bingen
36. St. Gregory of Narek

 

But in the Lutheran Calendar of Saints does not use the term Doctors of the Church the calendar refers to Martin Luther as the doctor.