Silesian Historical and Theological Studies 47 (2014) 1, 91-110.

This presentation is provided two main topics: first, a review of the history of the role of Doctors of the Church and how the discernment process contributed to the development of the Church’s understanding of this title, using the recent evaluation (1997, 2012) and the conferral of the doctorate; secondly, a careful and systematic evaluation of Newman’s fulfilment of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith’s Norms and Criteria was offered based upon the commentaries of Pope John Paul II and his successor Benedict XVI regarding Newman’s eminent doctrine. The final part of the article shows the possibility of Newman’s inclusion in the exclusive college of the Doctores Ecclesiae.