A holy person of God, depending on the tradition can refer to"the communion of saints" (I.e. All believers) or be restricted only to those who have undergone a formal review, beatification, and proof of a miracle after their death
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Is Mary or other saints in heaven?
The Assumption of Mary states that after she died on Earth she went to Heaven.
Is there any Biblical support whether she, or any other man after Jesus' revival went to heaven?
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To which Saints may a Catholic pray, and when can this begin?
The Catholic Church teaches, as I understand it, that a person may pray to a Saint, and this Saint will then intercede along with that person to God concerning the request (or something like that). ...
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Is St. Adalbert venerated in Eastern Orthodoxy?
Is Saint Adalbert of Prague venerated in Eastern Orthodoxy? He's listed in this calendar so I understand he's considered an Orthodox saint, but is there a veneration in the Eastern rite? Is there a ...
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What does spikenard have to do with St Joseph?
The coat of arms of Pope Francis includes references to Jesus (the sun with cross, nails, and IHS), Mary (the star) and Joseph (the cluster of flowers).
The association of the flowers with St ...
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Is there biblical basis for the claim that Pilate had no choice?
There is a trend among Christians to put the guilt of killing Jesus on Jews rather than on Romans.
Some Christians go as far as to proclaiming Pilate a saint (as did either Ethiopian or Coptic church ...
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Does being killed by Jews (or suffer from Jews) make you like Christ? [closed]
I wonder whether being killed by the Jews somehow makes you similar to Jesus Christ and benifits to your salvation?
The question is based on the facts that during the 2000 debates about the ...
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Beatification/canonization process in Eastern Orthodox Church
What is necessary before someone is considered "saint" in Eastern Orthodox Church? Good life/martyrdom, any miracle/only preservation of the body/some other distinct miracle and cult of the saint? Is ...
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What exactly is the purpose of a Patron Saint?
From this question: How can a particular trade of modern times get a patron saint?, I learned that St. Isadore is the patron saint of computer programmers, a group of people in desparate need of a ...
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What's the story behind “St. Wolfgang and the devil” painting? [closed]
I've stumbled upon this picture and got interested.
Is this an episode from St. Wolfgang's life? What's the book that the devil is holding?
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Are non-Anglican Protestant churches ever named after extra-biblical saints?
Catholic and Orthodox Churches are often named after saints because we believe in the communion of Saints and like to put our congregations under some sort of patronage.
I've seen Episcopal churches ...
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Catholic view of Biblical saints
Saints are present throughout the Bible. In my understanding, Protestant use of this word applies to all believers, which I understand is the New Testament (and OT?) meaning of the word.
In my ...
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Have any real people been de-canonized?
I am asking about the Catholic Church, but would also welcome information from other traditions.
People can be canonized (declared to be saints) and these official declarations are held to be ...
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Do Catholics refer to all martyrs as Saints? [closed]
How is someone deemed a Saint as opposed to a martyr in Catholicism? At first I was thinking the only requirement was to killed for your faith. Is this accurate?
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Why was Thomas More canonized?
Thomas More has been canonized in 1935 by the Catholic Church. During his chancellorship between 1525 - 1529 in the campaign against the reformation people were killed and tortured in his name, for ...
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Beatification of the pope
If the pope is infallible, than what significance does beatifying and canonising him have? They did both to John Paul II, but it seems odd that the church wants to make him a saint, unless I am ...
