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Doctors of the Church

The great teachers recognised for eminent learning and sanctity.

This page is being prepared. It will present the Doctors of the Church — the thirty-seven saints whom the Church has recognised for their outstanding contribution to the understanding and interpretation of the Faith. From the four great Latin Doctors (Augustine, Ambrose, Jerome, Gregory the Great) to the most recent additions (St. Hildegard of Bingen, St. Gregory of Narek, St. Irenaeus of Lyons), their lives, their teachings, and their enduring significance will be set forth.

"And he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and other some evangelists, and other some pastors and doctors." — Ephesians 4:11

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