CHURCH FATHERS
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Patristic Era
Patristic Era
Apostolic Fathers (33AD - 150AD)
Events:
St. Clement’s 1st epistle
Didache
New gospel preached to pagan empire
Martyrdom
Most famous Fathers:
St. Clement of Rome
Ignatius of Antioch
Polycarp of Smyrna
Ante-Nicene (150AD - 325AD)
Events:
Council of Nicaea from May until the end of July 325
Polycarp is martyred (156AD)
Tertullian coins “Trinitas” (200AD)
Nicene (325AD - 380AD)
Post-Nicen (380AD - 700AD)
Doctors of the Church
Doctors of the Church
The Catholic Church, to date, has named 36 men and women as Doctors of the Church. “Doctor” essentially means teacher and each of the Doctors is noteworthy for their outstanding, clear teaching of the Faith, as well as their holiness.
The following is a list of the 36 Doctors of the Church:
The following is a list of the 36 Doctors of the Church:
The four Ecumenical Doctors from the West:
The four Ecumenical Doctors from the West:
St. Augustine (354-430)
St. Jerome (345-420)
St. Ambrose (340-397)
Pope St. Gregory the Great (540-604)
The four Ecumenical Doctors from the East:
The four Ecumenical Doctors from the East:
St. John Chrysostom (345-407)
St. Basil the Great (330-379)
St. Athanasius (295-373)
St. Gregory of Nazianzus (330-390)
The eight Patristic Doctors:
The eight Patristic Doctors:
St. Ephraem the Deacon (306-373)
St. Hilary (315-368)
St. Cyril of Jerusalem (315-387)
St. Cyril of Alexandria (376-444)
Pope St. Leo the Great (390-461)
St. Peter Chrysologus, (400-450)
St. Isidore of Seville (560-636)
St. John Damascene (676-749)
The eleven Medieval Doctors:
The eleven Medieval Doctors:
St. Venerable Bede (673-735)
St. Peter Damian (1007-1072)
St. Anselm (1033-1109)
St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
St. Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)
St. Anthony of Padua (1195-1231)
St. Albert the Great (1200-1280)
St. Bonaventure (1217-1274)
St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)
St. Catherine of Siena (1347-1379)
St. Gregory of Narek (951-1003)
The nine modern Doctors:
The nine modern Doctors:
St. John of Avila (1499-1569)
St. Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
St. Peter Canisius (1521-1597)
St. John of the Cross (1542-1591)
St. Robert Bellarmine (1542-1621)
St. Lawrence of Brindisi (1559-1619)
St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
St. Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)
St. Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
