Doctor of the Church

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Doctor_of_the_Church

GPTKB entity

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:ecclesiastical_title
gptkbp:alternativeName	Church_Father
gptkbp:awardedBy	gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Church Catholic Church
gptkbp:criteria	eminent learning high degree of sanctity proclamation by church authority
gptkbp:feastDay	varies by saint
gptkbp:femaleDoctor	gptkb:St._Thérèse_of_Lisieux gptkb:St._Catherine_of_Siena gptkb:St._Hildegard_of_Bingen gptkb:St._Teresa_of_Ávila
gptkbp:femaleDoctors	4
gptkbp:firstConferred	1298
gptkbp:languageTradition	gptkb:Armenian_Church gptkb:Latin_Church gptkb:Greek_Church gptkb:Syriac_Church
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:St._Thomas_Aquinas gptkb:St._Thérèse_of_Lisieux gptkb:St._Augustine_of_Hippo gptkb:St._Peter_Canisius gptkb:St._Hilary_of_Poitiers gptkb:St._John_of_the_Cross gptkb:St._Basil_the_Great gptkb:St._John_Chrysostom gptkb:St._Albert_the_Great gptkb:St._Alphonsus_Liguori gptkb:St._Ambrose gptkb:St._Anselm_of_Canterbury gptkb:St._Anthony_of_Padua gptkb:St._Athanasius_of_Alexandria gptkb:St._Bede_the_Venerable gptkb:St._Bernard_of_Clairvaux gptkb:St._Bonaventure gptkb:St._Catherine_of_Siena gptkb:St._Cyril_of_Alexandria gptkb:St._Cyril_of_Jerusalem gptkb:St._Ephrem gptkb:St._Francis_de_Sales gptkb:St._Gregory_of_Narek gptkb:St._Gregory_of_Nazianzus gptkb:St._Gregory_of_Nyssa gptkb:St._Gregory_the_Great gptkb:St._Hildegard_of_Bingen gptkb:St._Isidore_of_Seville gptkb:St._Jerome gptkb:St._John_Damascene gptkb:St._John_of_Avila gptkb:St._John_of_Damascus gptkb:St._Lawrence_of_Brindisi gptkb:St._Leo_the_Great gptkb:St._Peter_Chrysologus gptkb:St._Peter_Damian gptkb:St._Teresa_of_Ávila gptkb:St._Ephrem_the_Syrian
gptkbp:numberOfPhysicians	37
gptkbp:recognizedBy	gptkb:Pope
gptkbp:relatedTitle	Father of the Church Patristic writer
gptkbp:title	gptkb:Διδάσκαλος_τῆς_Ἐκκλησίας gptkb:Doctor_Ecclesiae
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Thomas_Aquinas gptkb:Aquinas
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4