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Saint Therese of Lisieux: Doctor of the Universal Church by Steven Payne, OCD (2371 words) |
 | In choosing as a Doctor of the Church this young woman--who died at twenty-four and was unable to attend any university or engage in strict systematic study--the Church was departing from tradition and breaking new ground. |
| The final process of deciding about Thérèse's doctorate was a 'rush job,' with all the documents compiled, all the theological opinions solicited, and all the votes held between February and June of 1997 (the centenary of her death). |
| The term "doctor" emerges in the Pauline letters of the Vulgate, as a translation for the Greek "teacher." A doctor is one who transmits the gospel, teaching by word and example. |
| Hilary of Poitiers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (747 words) |
| 300-367) was bishop of Pictavium (Poitiers) and considered an eminent “doctor“ of the Western Christian Church. |
| Designated already by Augustine of Hippo as “the illustrious doctor of the churches,” he by his works exerted an increasing influence in later centuries; and by Pope Pius IX he was formally recognized as universae ecclesiae doctor (i.e. |
| Doctor of the Church) at the synod of Bordeaux in 1851. |
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