Origin from 1592
The Christian Doctrine Fathers, officially the Congregation of Christian Doctrine (Latin: Congregatio Patrum Doctrinae Christianae) and also called the Doctrinaries, are a Catholic clerical religious congregation of Pontifical Right for men. The congregation was founded in 1592 by Saint Francois Cesar de Bus in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France. Its priests focus on parish ministry, teaching and publishing, with particular emphasis on catechetical texts. As of December 31, 2020, the congregation counted 20 communities and 85 religious members, 54 of them priests. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Classification
Kind of orderCatholic Religious Orders and Congregations 1 Who may joinLay and Ordained Together 2 Origins
Origin Period Belief
Defining Doctrinal PositionCatholic Apostolic Magisterial Authority 2 Practice
Liturgical Language Liturgical Language Organisation
OrdinationHoly Orders / Apostolic Succession 2 OrdinationVowed Religious Profession (not ordained) 2 Status
Status TodayLiving tradition, practised today 1 Connections
Uses Liturgical Language
Entity-backed identity for the language enum value this record already carries, resolved to the live divinity language entity that value names, per the phase 3 entity-backed browse bucket conversion (docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md, owner decisions 2026-09-28, w-bucketconv-divlang2-0929, mapping corrected). The language fact itself, with its own citation, stays on the record unchanged; this relationship only adds the durable entity identity the value already names.
Entity-backed identity for the language enum value this record already carries, resolved to the live divinity language entity that value names, per the phase 3 entity-backed browse bucket conversion (docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md, owner decisions 2026-09-28, w-bucketconv-divlang2-0929, mapping corrected). The language fact itself, with its own citation, stays on the record unchanged; this relationship only adds the durable entity identity the value already names.
Sources
1. Christian Doctrine Fathers (Wikipedia)
lead paragraphQuote, lead paragraph
The Christian Doctrine Fathers officially named Congregation of Christian Doctrine (Latin: Congregatio Patrum Doctrinae Christianae), abbreviated D.C. and also commonly called the Doctrinari
2. Islamic Mysticism: A Short History
Alexander Knysh, Brill
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.
View At A Past Year
Choose a year to see this entry's facts and connections as the atlas records them at that moment: what it held then, what it held instead, and what it had not yet adopted. Choose Present for the current record.