The Christian Doctrine Fathers officially named Congregation of Christian Doctrine (), abbreviated D.C. and also commonly called the Doctrinaries, is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of Pontifical Right for men. As of 31 December 2020, the congregation consisted of 20 communities with 85

religious Religion is a range of social- cultural systems, including designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relate humanity to supernatural ...

, 54 of them priests. Dottrinari priests are devoted mainly to parish ministry, teaching and publishing—especially

catechetical Catechesis (; from Greek: , "instruction by word of mouth", generally "instruction") is basic Christian religious education of children and adults, often from a catechism book. It started as education of converts to Christianity, but as t ...

texts.

History

The Congregation was founded on 29 September 1592 in

L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue (; or ) is a town and Communes of France, commune on the Sorgue river in Southeastern France. Politically, the commune is in the arrondissement of Avignon within the Departments of France, department of Vaucluse, in the Re ...

, France by French priest César de Bus (1544–1607) as a community of priests devoted to the secular education of children. It was approved by the

Holy See The Holy See (, ; ), also called the See of Rome, the Petrine See or the Apostolic See, is the central governing body of the Catholic Church and Vatican City. It encompasses the office of the pope as the Bishops in the Catholic Church, bishop ...

on 23 December 1597. The congregation was reorganized by

Pope Benedict XIII Pope Benedict XIII (; ; 2 February 1649 – 21 February 1730), born Pietro Francesco (or Pierfrancesco) Orsini and later called Vincenzo Maria Orsini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 29 May 1724 to his death in ...

and

Pope Benedict XIV Pope Benedict XIV (; ; 31 March 1675 – 3 May 1758), born Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 17 August 1740 to his death in May 1758. Pope Benedict X (1058–1059) is now con ...

, who in 1747 joined the brotherhood founded in Rome in 1560 by Marco de Sadis Cusani.

Saints, Blesseds, and other holy people

Saints * César de Bus (3 February 1544 – 15 April 1607), founder of the order, canonized on 15 May 2022 Blesseds * Claude Bochot (10 July 1720 – 3 September 1792), priest and Martyr of the French Revolution, beatified on 17 October 1926 * Eustache Félix (23 April 1726 – 3 September 1792), priest and Martyr of the French Revolution, beatified on 17 October 1926 Servants of God * Joseph Raoulx (10 August 1737 - 25 July 1794), priest and Martyr of the French Revolution

History

Saints, Blesseds, and other holy people

Other notable members

Notes

External links