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Doctor of the Church

American  

noun

  1. a title conferred on an ecclesiastic for great learning and saintliness.


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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

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

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

It is the statue of Teresa who has been gloriously proclaimed the Mother of Spirituality, the Mistress of Mystical Theology and practically a Doctor of the Church, in the principles of the spiritual life.

From The Century of Columbus by Walsh, James J.

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