tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34767504.post283515229292137618..comments2023-09-18T04:55:23.825-04:00Comments on Fides Quaerens Intellectum: Hildegard of Bingen and the Doctoral StarsNathaniel M. Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01835009706332559978noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34767504.post-84884356444701146232014-12-31T20:11:53.626-05:002014-12-31T20:11:53.626-05:00Hi Nick!
Thanks for taking the time to leave a co...Hi Nick!<br /><br />Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. The first "official" Doctors of the Church were not declared until 1298, when Pope Boniface VIII declared Sts. Ambrose, Augustine, Jerome, and Gregory the Great to be so commemorated and honored. The Eastern Church had commemorated Sts. John Chrysostom, Gregroy Nazianzen, and Basil as "Doctors" since the 9th century, but they weren't added to the Western Church's list until the 16th century. The "official" list has since grown to the current total of 35.<br /><br />So when Hildegard was writing, the western (Roman) Church had no official list of <i>doctores</i>; and thus Hildegard's is a symbolic 16, representative of the many more than 16 or 35 or even a hundred of the Church's great teachers. (And the stars do represent <i>doctores</i>, because that's what Hildegard said they represented in her writing.)Nathaniel M. Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01835009706332559978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34767504.post-51113501501558072692014-12-31T19:57:46.751-05:002014-12-31T19:57:46.751-05:00Also, only counting the Doctors who Saint Hildegar...Also, only counting the Doctors who Saint Hildegard might have known since they lived before her time, it adds up to 18 Doctors.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34767504.post-56097306577641206472014-12-31T19:55:19.411-05:002014-12-31T19:55:19.411-05:00There are 35 Church Doctors, so the stars must rep...There are 35 Church Doctors, so the stars must represent something else. Nickhttp://www.youtube.com/mariomusicmadnessnoreply@blogger.com