The Christian Doctrine Fathers officially named Congregation of Christian Doctrine ( la, Congregatio Patrum Doctrinae Christianae), 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 usually defined as a social- cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relates humanity to supernatur ...

, 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 the re ...

texts.

History

The Congregation was founded on September 29, 1592 in

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, France by French priest

César de Bus César de Bus (3 February 1544 – 15 April 1607) was a French Catholic priest and founder of two religious congregations. Life César de Bus was born in Cavaillon, Comtat Venaissin (now in France). At eighteen he joined the king's army and took ...

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

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on 23 December 1597. The congregation was reorganized by

Pope Benedict XIII Pope Benedict XIII ( la, Benedictus XIII; it, Benedetto XIII; 2 February 1649 – 21 February 1730), born Pietro Francesco Orsini and later called Vincenzo Maria Orsini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 29 May ...

and

Pope Benedict XIV Pope Benedict XIV ( la, Benedictus XIV; it, Benedetto 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 Be ...

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

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