Portal:Doctors of the Church

The Four Great Doctors of the Western Church

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The Four Great Doctors of the Eastern Church

• Athanasius
• Basil of Caesarea
• John Chrysostom
• Gregory of Nazianzus

The Four Great Doctors of the Western Church

• Ambrose of Milan
• Augustine of Hippo
• Pope Gregory I
• Jerome

Doctors of the Catholic Church

Latin Catholic Doctors Albertus Magnus Alphonsus Liguori Ambrose of Milan Anselm of Canterbury Anthony of Padua Athanasius Augustine of Hippo Basil of Caesarea Bede Bernard of Clairvaux Bonaventure Catherine of Siena Cyril of Alexandria Cyril of Jerusalem Ephrem of Syria Francis de Sales Pope Gregory I Gregory of Narek Gregory of Nazianzus Hilary of Poitiers Hildegard of Bingen Isidore of Seville Jerome John Chrysostom John Damascene John of Ávila John of the Cross Lawrence of Brindisi Pope Leo I Peter Canisius Peter Chrysologus Peter Damian Robert Bellarmine Teresa of Ávila Thérèse of Lisieux Thomas Aquinas

Syro-Malabar Catholic Doctors Ambrose of Milan Athanasius Augustine of Hippo Basil of Caesarea Cyril of Alexandria Cyril of Jerusalem Ephrem of Syria Epiphanius of Salamis Pope Gregory I Gregory of Nazianzus Gregory of Nyssa Isaac the Elder Jerome John Chrysostom John Damascene Pope Leo I

Chaldean Catholic Doctors Alexander of Jerusalem Athanasius Basil of Caesarea Cyril of Alexandria Ephrem of Syria Eustathius of Antioch Fravitta of Constantinople Gregory of Nazianzus Gregory of Nyssa Isaac of Armenia Isaac of Nineveh Jacob of Nisibis Jacob of Serugh John Chrysostom Maruthas Meletius Polycarp

Doctors of the Armenian Apostolic Church

Twelve Holy Vardapets (Teachers) Athanasius Basil of Caesarea Cyril of Alexandria Cyril of Jerusalem Dionysius the Areopagite Ephrem of Syria Epiphanius of Salamis Gregory of Nazianzus Gregory of Nyssa Hierotheus the Thesmothete John Chrysostom Pope Sylvester I

Other Doctors David the Invincible Eliseus Gregory of Narek Mesrob Moses of Chorene Nerses III Nerses of Lambron

Doctors of the Assyrian Church of the East

• Diodore of Tarsus
• Eliseus
• Nestorius
• Theodore of Mopsuestia

Teachers of the Faith of the Church of England

• Ambrose of Milan
• Anselm of Canterbury
• Athanasius
• Augustine of Hippo
• Basil of Caesarea
• Bernard of Clairvaux
• Bonaventure
• Brooke Foss Westcott
• Catherine of Siena
• Cyril of Alexandria
• Cyril of Jerusalem
• Ephrem of Syria
• Francis de Sales
• Frederick Denison Maurice
• Pope Gregory I
• Gregory of Nazianzus
• Gregory of Nyssa
• Hilary of Poitiers
• Irenaeus
• Jeremy Taylor
• Jerome
• John Chrysostom
• John Damascene
• John of the Cross
• Pope Leo I
• Macrina the Younger
• Richard Hooker
• Sadhu Sundar Singh
• Sergius of Radonezh
• Teresa of Ávila
• Thomas Aquinas
• William Temple
• William of Ockham

Works about this subject

• "Doctors of the Church," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
• "Doctor," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)