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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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Nevertheless, "liberal" and "conservative" are political terms that we do not find in the history of Catholic theology, or in the writings of the Fathers or the great Doctors of the Church.
Liberal and conservative: two terms that have no place in Catholic ... by McManaman, Doug / Catholic Insight
Asked when human life begins, Pelosi stated, "As an ardent, practicing Catholic, this is an issue that I have studied for a long time, and what I know is over the centuries, the doctors of the church have not been able to make that definition.
Archbishop says Catholic officials and justices should push church ... by Church & State
Speaker Pelosi said that, as a Catholic, she had long studied the issue and that the doctors of the Church had not been able to define when life begins.
Writing Straight with Crooked Lines by National Right to Life News
 
 
 
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