A Doctor of the Church is an ecclesiastical writer of great learning and sanctity whose contribution to our faith needs to be recognized. Doctors have been given this title because of the great advantage the Church has derived from their works. Their writings, however, are not necessarily free of error in all respects.The following are the Doctors of the Church:
- Albertus Magnus
- Alphonsus Maria de Liguori
- Ambrose of Milan
- Anselm of Canterbury
- Anthony of Padua
- Athanasius
- Augustine of Hippo
- Basil the Great
- Bede the Venerable
- Bernard of Clairvaux
- Bonaventure
- Catherine of Siena
- Cyril of Alexandria
- Cyril of Jerusalem
- Ephrem of Syria
- Francis of Sales
- Gregory Nanzianzen
- Gregory the Great
- Hilary of Poitiers
- Isidore
- Jerome
- John Chrystostom
- John Damascene
- John of the Cross
- Lawrence of Brindisi
- Leo the Great
- Peter Canisius
- Peter Chrysologus
- Peter Damian
- Robert Bellarmine
- Teresa of Avila
- Therese of Lisieux
- Thomas Aquinas