Before
we get to the list, here is the definition of Doctor of the Church
from "The
Modern Catholic Dictionary"
by Father John A. Hardon, S.J.:
DOCTOR
OF THE CHURCH. A title given since the Middle Ages to
certain saints whose writing or preaching is outstanding for guiding
the faithful in all periods of the Church's history. Originally the
Western Fathers of the Church, Gregory the Great, Ambrose, Augustine,
and Jerome, were considered the great doctors of the Church. But the
Church has officially added many more names to the original four.
The
following are Doctors of the Church
- Albert the Great
- Alphonsus Maria de Liguori
- Ambrose of Milan
- Anselm of Canterbury
- Anthony of Padua
- Athanasius
- Augustine of Hippo
- Basil the Great
- Bede the Venerable
- Bernard of Clairvaux
- Bonaventure
- Catherine of Siena
- Cyril of Alexandria
- Cyril of Jerusalem
- Ephrem of Syria
- Francis of Sales
- Gregory Nanzianzen
- Gregory of Narek
- Gregory the Great
- Hilary of Poitiers
- Hildegard von Bingen
- Isidore
- John Chrystostom
- John Damascene
- John of Avila
- John of the Cross
- Lawrence of Brindisi
- Leo the Great
- Peter Canisius
- Peter Chrysologus
- Peter Damian
- Robert Bellarmine
- Teresa of Avila
- Therese of Lisieux
- Thomas Aquinas
