The Christian Doctrine Fathers, or Doctrinaries (in Latin

Latin

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 Congregatio Patrum Doctrinae Christianae), are a religious institute of male consecrated

Consecrated life

The consecrated life in the Christian tradition, especially the Roman Catholic Church, but also the Anglican Church and to some extent other Christian denominations, is, as the Roman Catholic Code of Canon Law states: "a stable form of living by which faithful, following Christ more closely under...

 Catholics. The members of this religious congregation add the abbreviation D.C. after their names.

History

The institute was founded 29 September 1592 in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue

L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue

L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue is a town and commune on the Sorgue river southeastern France. Politically, the commune is in the arrondissement of Avignon within the département of Vaucluse and the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.The small town is famous for its many antique shops and hosts antique...

 by French

France

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 priest

Priest

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 César de Bus

César de Bus

Blessed César de Bus was a French Catholic priest, founder of two religious congregations.-Life:...

 (1544–1607) as a community of priests devoted to the secular education of children. It was approved by the Holy See

Holy See

The Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Rome, in which its Bishop is commonly known as the Pope. It is the preeminent episcopal see of the Catholic Church, forming the central government of the Church. As such, diplomatically, and in other spheres the Holy See acts and...

 on 23 December 1597.

Later, the congregation was reorganized by Benedict XIII

Pope Benedict XIII

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 and Benedict XIV

Pope Benedict XIV

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, who in 1747 joined the brotherhood founded in Rome

Rome

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 in 1560 by Marco de Sadis Cusani.

Activities and Dissemination

Today, Dottrinari priests are devoted mainly to parish ministry, teaching and publishing--especially catechetical

Catechism

A catechism , i.e. to indoctrinate) is a summary or exposition of doctrine, traditionally used in Christian religious teaching from New Testament times to the present...

texts.

As of 31 December 2005, the congregation consisted of eighteen houses with ninety-three religious, fifty-eight of them priests.