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Monday, October 11, 2010

Writings of the Doctors of the Church

Peace be with you!


Who are the Doctors of the Church (thus far)?

They can be found here:
http://www.doctorsofthecatholicchurch.com/

The following 33 persons have been named Doctor of the Church (in order of "year promoted"):

1. St. Gregory the Great
2. St. Ambrose
3. St. Augustine
4. St. Jerome
5. St. John Chrysostom
6. St. Basil
7. St. Gregory Nazianzus
8. St. Athanasius
9. St. Thomas Aquinas
10. St. Bonaventure
11. St. Anselm
12. St. Isidore
13. St. Peter Chrysologus
14. St. Leo the Great
15. St. Peter Damian
16. St. Bernard of Clairvaux
17. St. Hilary of Poitiers
18. St. Alphonsus de Liguori
19. St. Francis de Sales
20. St. Cyril of Alexandria
21. St. Cyril of Jerusalem
22. St. John Damascene
23. St. Bede 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 Padua and Lisbon
30. St. Lawrence of Brindisi
31. St. Teresa of Ávila
32. St. Catherine of Siena
33. St. Thérèse de Lisieux

These persons are proclaimed Doctors of the Church because of the immense importance their teaching has been to the Catholic Church. Be familiar with them.

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