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Church Doctors
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Saint Bonaventure OFM | Seraphic Doctor |
| Saint John of the Cross OCD | Mystical Doctor |
| Saint Lawrence of Brindisi OFM | Apostolic Doctor |
| Saint Albert the Great OP | Universal Doctor |
| Saint Anthony of Padua OFM | Evangelical Doctor |
| Saint Anselm of Canterbury OSB | Marian Doctor |
| Saint Therese of the Child Jesus OCD | Doctor of Merciful Love |
| Saint Leo the Great | Doctor of the Unity of the Church |
| Saint Bernard of Clairvaux O. Cist | Mellifluous Doctor |
| Saint Frances de Sales CO | Doctor of Charity |
| Saint Cyril of Alexandria | Doctor of the Incarnation |
| Saint Alphonsus Ligouri CSsR | Most Zealous Doctor |
| Saint John of Avila | Patron of Secular Priests |
| Saint Bede the Venerable | Doctor of the English |
| Saint Hilary of Poitiers | Doctor of the Divinity of Christ |
| Saint Basil | Doctor of the Holy Spirit |
| Saint Hildegard of Bingen | Sybil of the Rhine |
| Saint Catherine of Siena OP | Dialogue of Divine Providence |
| Saint Peter Canisius SJ | Doctor of the Catechism |
| Saint Athanasius | Doctor of Orthodoxy |
| Saint Jerome | Father of Biblical Science |
| Saint John Chrysostom | Doctor of the Eucharist |
| Saint Isidore of Seville | Schoolmaster of the Middle Ages |
| Saint John Damascene | Doctor of Christian Art |
| Saint Robert Bellarmine SJ | Gentle Doctor of the Controversies |
| Saint Ambrose of Milan | Patron of the Veneration of Mary |
| Saint Thomas Aquinas OP | Angelic Doctor |
| Saint Teresa of Jesus OCD | Doctor of Prayer |
| Saint Augustine | Doctor of Grace |
| Saint Gregory Narekatzi | Armenian Church |
| Saint Cyril of Jerusalem | Pilgrimage Advocate |
| Saint Gregory the Great | Led a Christian Empire under a Byzantine Emperor |