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Doctor of the Church

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Noun1.Doctor of the Church - (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"
Doctor
Church of Rome, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church, Roman Catholic - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy
theologian, theologiser, theologist, theologizer - someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology


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a Doctor of the Church, explains that these words "it shall not be forgiven him either in this world or the next" prove that in the next life "some sins will be forgiven and purged away by a certain purifying fire.
What to think of purgatory? by Colleton, Ted / Catholic Insight
AFTER all, he was a pope and a Doctor of the Church, and people don't call you "the Great" for nothing.
All fired up: like the family hearth, the Holy Spirit is the church's ... by Camille, Alice / U.S. Catholic
Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897), the "Little Flower," French Carmelite nun, and Doctor of the church.
Portraits of mercy by Coffey, Kathy / U.S. Catholic
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