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St. Athanasius The Father of Orthodoxy -- St. Ephrem Harp of the Holy Ghost, Mary's Own Singer, Father of Hymnody -- St. Cyril of Jerusalem Doctor of Catechesis -- St. Hilary of Poitiers The Athanasius of the West -- St. Gregory Nazianzen The Theologian, The Christian Demosthenes -- St. Basil the Great Father of Eastern Monasticism -- St. Ambrose Patron of the Veneration of Mary -- St. Jerome Father of Biblical Science -- St. John Chrysostom The Golden-Mouthed Doctor of the Eucharist -- St. Augustine Doctor of Grace Doctor of Doctors -- St. Cyril of Alexandria Doctor of the Incarnation Seal of the Fathers -- Pope St. Leo the Great Doctor of the Unity of the Church -- St. Peter Chrysologus The Golden-worded -- Pope St. Gregory the Great -- St. Isidore of Seville Schoolmaster of the Middle Ages -- St. Bede the Venerable Father of English History -- St. John Damascene Doctor of Christian Art Doctor of the Assumption -- St. Peter Damian Monitor of the Popes -- St. Anselm Father of Scholasticism Defender of the Rights of the Church -- St. Bernard of Clairvaux The Mellifluous Doctor Oracle of the Twelfth Century Thaumaturgus of the West Arbiter of Christendom The Last of the Fathers -- St. Anthony of Padua Doctor of the Gospel Hammer of Heretics Ark of Both Covenants -- St. Albert the Great (Albertus Magnus) The Universal Doctor -- St. Bonaventure The Seraphic Doctor -- St. Thomas Aquinas The Angelic Doctor The Common Doctor -- St. Catherine of Siena The Seraphic Virgin Mystic of Incarnate Word Mystic of the Mystical Body of Christ -- St. Teresa of Ávila Doctor of Prayer -- St. Peter Canisius Doctor of the Catechism -- St. Robert Bellarmine Prince of Apologists Gentle Doctor of The Controversies -- St. John of the Cross Doctor of Mystical Theology -- St. Lawrence of Brindisi The Apostolic Doctor -- St. Francis de Sales The Gentleman Doctor Patron of the Catholic Press Everyman's Spiritual Director -- St. Alphonsus Liguori Prince of Moralists Most Zealous Doctor Patron of Confessors and Moral Theologians -- St. Therese of Lisieux Doctor of The Little Way of Spiritual Childhood Doctor of Merciful Love

Here are 33 chapters about some of the greatest minds and greatest Saints the Catholic Church has ever produced. Written in a down-to-earth style, The 33 Doctors of the Church is a book that will be loved and appreciated by everyone. This monumental study could easily become 33 small books. But here it is in one compelling volume! This book was undertaken by the author, a Capuchin Franciscan priest, when St. Lawrence of Brindisi (1559-1619), also a Capuchin, was declared a Doctor of the Church in 1959. Each story is completely different and shows every Doctor as the great individual and teacher that he or she was. Filled with charming anecdotes and memorable stories, the book also describes and gives selections from the writings of all the Doctors and frames their lives in the times during which they lived, thus giving a wonderful panorama of Church history in the process. No one will be disappointed in this book, for many of these lives are so profoundly interesting that they are alone so profoundly interesting that they are alone worth the price of the entire book. Also included is a full' page picture of each Doctor, many of these being famous classic portraits. From St. Athanasius )c.297-373= The 33 Doctors of the Church will edify and inspire everyone who reads it.