Doctor of the Church
noun
- one of the early Christian theologians regarded as especially authoritative in the Western Church (particularly St Augustine of Hippo, St Jerome, St Ambrose, and St Gregory the Great) or later so designated by the Pope (e.g. St Thomas Aquinas, St Teresa of Avila)教会博士（西方教会中被推崇的几位早期基督教神学家之一［尤指希波的圣奥古斯丁、圣哲罗姆、圣安布罗斯和大格列高利］或后来教皇指定的几位［如圣托马斯·阿奎那、阿维拉的圣德肋撒］）。比较Fathers of the Church （见FATHER条义项3）。