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Doctor of the Church ( Latin doctor, teacher, from Latin docere, to teach ) is a title given by a variety of Christian churches to individuals whom they recognize as having been of particular importance, particularly regarding their contribution to theology or doctrine.
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He was canonized and proclaimed a Doctor of the Church on December 16, 1931 by Pope Pius XI and patron saint of the sciences.
In the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion, he is a saint and pre-eminent Doctor of the Church, and the patron of the Augustinians ; his memorial is celebrated 28 August, the day of his death.
St Gregory Nazianzen, fellow Doctor of the Church, 330-390, said in Or. 21: " When I praise Athanasius, virtue itself is my theme: for I name every virtue as often as I mention him who was possessed of all virtues.
Some of Thomas Aquinas ' propositions were condemned by the local Bishop of Paris ( not the Magisterium ) in 1270 and 1277, but his dedication to the use of philosophy to elucidate theology was so thorough that he was proclaimed a saint in 1328 and a Doctor of the Church in 1568.
In 1899, Bede was made a Doctor of the Church by Leo XIII, a position of theological significance ; he is the only native of Great Britain to achieve this designation ( Anselm of Canterbury, also a Doctor of the Church, was originally from Italy ).
St. Thomas Aquinas, a Doctor of the Church, accepts the death penalty as a deterrent and prevention method but not as a means of vengeance.
Pope Paul VI gave her the title of Doctor of the Church in 1970 along with Saint Teresa of Ávila making them the first women to receive this honour.
* In Roman Catholicism and several other Christian denominations, a Doctor of the Church is an eminent theologian ( for example, Thomas Aquinas, also known as the Angelic Doctor ) from whose teachings the whole Church is held to have derived great advantage.
Doctor and Latin
Throughout much of the academic world, the term " doctor " refers to an individual who has earned a degree of Doctor of Philosophy, or Ph. D. ( an abbreviation for the Latin Philosophiæ Doctor ; or alternatively Doctor philosophiæ, D. Phil., meaning Teacher of Philosophy ), or other research doctorate such as the Doctor of Science, or Sc. D.
The appellation of " Doctor " ( from Latin: teacher ) was usually awarded only when the individual was in middle age.
* " Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris ", a Latin phrase from Marlowe's play The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
* ‘ Doctor Fludds Answer vnto M. Foster, or, The Sqvesing of Parson Fosters Sponge ,’ & c., London, 1631, ( defence of weapon-salve, against the ‘ Hoplocrisma-Spongus ,’ 1631, of William Foster, of Hedgerley, Buckinghamshire ); an edition in Latin, ‘ Responsum ad Hoplocrisma-Spongum ,’ & c., Gouda, 1638.
In the United States, the professional doctorate in law may be conferred in Latin or in English, as Juris Doctor, and at some law schools " Doctor of Law " ( JD or J. D.
" Juris Doctor " literally means " Teacher of Law ", while the Latin for " Doctor of Jurisprudence "— Jurisprudentia Doctor — literally means " Teacher of Legal Knowledge ".
The doctorate ( Latin: doceo, I teach ) appeared in medieval Europe as a license to teach ( Latin: licentia docendi ) at a medieval university .< ref name =" Lexikon des Mittelalters: Doctor, doctoratus ">
The degree earned by prospective attorneys in the United States is generally a Juris Doctor ( Latin for " Doctor of Jurisprudence "; abbreviated J. D.
A selection of the Papers presented at the Colloquium appraising Griesbach's life, work and influence, aimed " to indicate why an understanding of this scholar's contribution to New Testament criticism is important both for the history of New Testament scholarship and for contemporary research ", together with the text in Latin and in English translation of The Dissertation of J. J. Griesbach, Doctor of Theology and Principal Professor in the University of Jena, in which he demonstrates that the entire Gospel of Mark has been extracted from the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, written in the name of the University of Jena ( 1789 – 1790 ), now revised and furnished with many additions, are to be found in Bernard Orchard and Thomas R. W. Longstaff ( ed.
*( in English language productions ) The Doctor attempts to conjugate English words as if they are Latin ( i. e. complaining he's been attacked by “ hoodla ” instead of “ hoodlums ” or speaking of going “ inside and exside .”)
Doctor and doctor
When a medical doctor passes the examinations which enable them to become a member of one or more of the Royal Surgical Colleges and become " MRCS ", it is customary for them to drop the " Doctor " prefix and take up " Miss ", " Mister ", or and so on.
In the legal profession, graduates of almost all Canadian law schools receive the LLB degree and are not referred to as " doctor " ( in a growing number of Canadian law schools the degree of Juris Doctor is conferred, but the title is not used in practice ).
In The Country Doctor, the action is no more than various people, including the doctor, hurrying backwards and forwards between the doctor's house, where his child is sick, and a neighbouring cottage, where another child is also sick.
In 1829 he received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Erlangen, and in 1830 that of doctor of medicine at Munich.
Charles Eastman was one of the first Native Americans to become certified as a Medical Doctor | medical doctor, after he graduated from Boston University.
He replies, " I'm a doctor, not a doorstop ", an homage to Doctor McCoy's catchphrase line " I'm a doctor, not a ..." ( The Doctor also made this reference several other times, on Voyager.
This leads to the next tale in the cycle, the " Tale of the Jewish Doctor ", where the doctor accidentally trips over the hunchback's body, falls down the stairs with him, and finds him dead, leading him to believe that the fall had killed him.
* The Bicycle Doctor, a laughing, malevolent clown disguised as a doctor who destroys the protagonist's beloved bicycle after feigning attempts to repair it in a nightmare experienced by Pee-Wee Herman in the film Pee-Wee's Big Adventure.
He is a qualified medical doctor, and was co-writer ( with Bill Oddie ) of several episodes of the medical comedy Doctor in the House on ITV ( appearing in the episode " Doctor on the Box " as a television presenter ).
Beginning in February 2007, Nielsen began playing a small role as a doctor in the humorous yet educational television show Doctor * Ology.
* Two-Face: Now in his 50's, after having been in Arkham Asylum for 12 years and treated by Doctor Wolper for 3 years, Harvey Dent's face has been repaired with plastic surgery and his doctor gives him a clean bill of mental health.
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