The Doctors of the Church: Thirty-Three Men and Women Who Shaped Christianity:McGinn, Bernard:9780824517717:eCampus.com

This book is designed to tell ordinary readers everything they always wanted to know about these important leaders but didn't know who to ask. This is the only book that provides the perennial wisdom of all thirty-three doctors for any who wish to deepen their grasp of the roots of the Christian faith.

Abbreviations

Preface

Part One WHAT IS A DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH?

(22)

Part Two WHO ARE THE DOCTORS OF THE CHURCH? A BRIEF SURVEY

(152)

Patristic Doctors

Athanasius of Alexandria

(5)

Ephrem the Syrian

(5)

Hilary of Poitiers

(4)

Cyril of Jerusalem

(3)

Basil of Caesarea

(5)

Gregory of Nazianzus

(4)

Ambrose of Milan

(4)

John Chrysostom

(4)

Jerome

(5)

Augustine of Hippo

(6)

Cyril of Alexandria

(5)

Peter Chrysologus

(2)

Leo the Great

(6)

Medieval Doctors

Gregory the Great

(4)

Isidore of Seville

(3)

Bede the Venerable

(4)

John of Damascus

(4)

Peter Damian

(4)

Anselm of Canterbury

103

(4)

Bernard of Clairvaux

107

(5)

Anthony of Padua

112

(3)

Albert the Great

115

(4)

Bonaventure of Bagnorea

119

(5)

Thomas Aquinas

124

(7)

Catherine of Siena

131

(7)

Modern Doctors

Teresa of Avila

138

(5)

Peter Canisius

143

(5)

John of the Cross

148

(5)

Robert Bellarmine

153

(4)

Lawrence of Brindisi

157

(3)

Francis de Sales

160

(5)

Alphonsus de Liguori

165

(4)

Therese of Lisieux

169

(6)

Part Three WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF THE DOCTORS OF THE CHURCH?

175

(9)

Appendix 1: Dictionary of Heresies

184

(2)

Appendix 2: Ecumenical Councils

186

(2)

Appendix 3: Use of Doctors in Recent Church Teaching

188

(3)

Index of Doctrines and Themes

191


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