Doctor of the Church
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Sister Mary-Birgit added that Newman's appointment as a Doctor of the Church had "confirmed and encouraged" her sisterhood's mission at Littlemore.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2025
As Newman, we desire that people grow in faith and trust that by his elevation as Doctor of the Church his influence will increase even more.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2025
Just six years later, Pope Francis' successor Leo XIV has recognised Newman with an even greater honour, making him a Doctor of the Church.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2025
And the lion, for me, is essential, even if it is almost certainly a fiction added by later writers who sought to humanize the lawyerly and confrontational Doctor of the Church.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 17, 2019
The door was opened for her by a hunchback, with a large, intellectual face, beardless and strongly modelled, such a face as Giotto would have taken as a model for a Doctor of the Church.
From Stradella by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
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