Mathew 23
8 But be not you called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all you are brothers. 9 And call no man your father on the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. 10 Neither be you called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ. 11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. 12 And whoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
23 Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you tithe mint, and anise, and cummin, and have left the weightier things of the law; judgment, and mercy, and faith. These things you ought to have done, and not to leave those undone. 24 Blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel.
25 Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you make clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within you are full of rapine and uncleanness. 26 Thou blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, that the outside may become clean.
Doctor is just another way for the religious leaders to exalt them selves.
LOL, so I guess you don't believe in high school or college degrees, promotions at work, the Medal of Honor, etc.
Its kind of heart to exalt oneself when one is dead. As a condition to labeled Doctor of the Church, they must already be declared a saint in Heaven, which by definition, means they are dead.
http://www.reformedliterature.com/calvin-letter-cxxiv-to-luther.php?print=on
Letter to Luther (January 21, 1545)
John Calvin (1509-1564)
Calvin submits to Luther several of his writings, of which he desires to obtain his approbation.
“To the very excellent pastor of the Christian Church, Dr. M. Luther, my much respected father,”...