Happy St. Anna and St James Day!
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Maybe we should celebrate St Adam and St Eves day.
They would have been the great, great, great, great, great, great, great,
great, great, great (well you get the idea) grandparents of Jesus and at least we
have some idea who they were.
They would have been the great, great, great, great, great, great, great,
great, great, great (well you get the idea) grandparents of Jesus and at least we
have some idea who they were.
Maybe we should celebrate St Adam and St Eves day.
They would have been the great, great, great, great, great, great, great,
great, great, great (well you get the idea) grandparents of Jesus and at least we
have some idea who they were.
They would have been the great, great, great, great, great, great, great,
great, great, great (well you get the idea) grandparents of Jesus and at least we
have some idea who they were.
What's even funnier is that they're our great great great great (well, you get the idea)
grandparents too !!
Maybe we should celebrate St Adam and St Eves day.
They would have been the great, great, great, great, great, great, great,
great, great, great (well you get the idea) grandparents of Jesus and at least we
have some idea who they were.
They would have been the great, great, great, great, great, great, great,
great, great, great (well you get the idea) grandparents of Jesus and at least we
have some idea who they were.
let's get it started
what day do we pick?
January 1st?
A saint, also historically known as a hallow, is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness or likeness to God. Depending on the context and denomination, the term also retains its original Christian meaning, as any believer who is "in Christ" and in whom Christ dwells, whether in Heaven or on Earth. In Anglican, Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran, and Oriental Orthodox doctrine, all of their faithful deceased in Heaven are considered to be saints, but some are considered worthy of greater honor or emulation; official ecclesiastical recognition, and consequently veneration, is given to some saints through the process of canonization in the Catholic Church or glorification in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
While the English word saint originated in Christianity, historians of religion now use the appellation "in a more general way to refer to the state of special holiness that many religions attribute to certain people", with the Jewish tzadik, the Islamic walī, the Hindu rishi or Sikh guru, and the Buddhist arhat or bodhisattva also being referred to as saints. Depending on the religion, saints are recognized either by official ecclesiastical declaration, as in the Catholic faith, or by popular acclamation (see Folk saint).
According to the Catholic Church, a "saint" is anyone in Heaven, whether recognized on Earth or not. The title "Saint" denotes a person who has been formally canonized, that is, officially and authoritatively declared a saint, by the Church as holder of the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and is therefore believed to be in Heaven by the grace of God. There are many persons that the Church believes to be in Heaven who have not been formally canonized and who are otherwise titled "saints" because of the fame of their holiness.
On 3 January 993, Pope John XV became the first pope to proclaim a person a "saint": on the petition of the German ruler, he canonized Bishop Ulrich of Augsburg. Before that time, the popular "cults", or venerations, of saints had been local and spontaneous.Pope John XVIII subsequently permitted a cult of five Polish martyrs. Pope Benedict VIII later declared the Armenian hermit Symeon to be a saint, but it was not until the pontificate of Pope Innocent III that the Popes reserved to themselves the exclusive authority to canonize saints. wiki
While the English word saint originated in Christianity, historians of religion now use the appellation "in a more general way to refer to the state of special holiness that many religions attribute to certain people", with the Jewish tzadik, the Islamic walī, the Hindu rishi or Sikh guru, and the Buddhist arhat or bodhisattva also being referred to as saints. Depending on the religion, saints are recognized either by official ecclesiastical declaration, as in the Catholic faith, or by popular acclamation (see Folk saint).
According to the Catholic Church, a "saint" is anyone in Heaven, whether recognized on Earth or not. The title "Saint" denotes a person who has been formally canonized, that is, officially and authoritatively declared a saint, by the Church as holder of the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and is therefore believed to be in Heaven by the grace of God. There are many persons that the Church believes to be in Heaven who have not been formally canonized and who are otherwise titled "saints" because of the fame of their holiness.
On 3 January 993, Pope John XV became the first pope to proclaim a person a "saint": on the petition of the German ruler, he canonized Bishop Ulrich of Augsburg. Before that time, the popular "cults", or venerations, of saints had been local and spontaneous.Pope John XVIII subsequently permitted a cult of five Polish martyrs. Pope Benedict VIII later declared the Armenian hermit Symeon to be a saint, but it was not until the pontificate of Pope Innocent III that the Popes reserved to themselves the exclusive authority to canonize saints. wiki
Because they were the PARENTS of Jesus!
The CC could name anyone a saint.
They do have to have performed 3 miracles.
An exeption was made for Pope John Paul.
It's usually someone who had a great impact on their society
or in the Church itself...or were a great example to many.
Also, some are martyrs that died for their faith because they would
no renounce it.
The CC could name anyone a saint.
They do have to have performed 3 miracles.
An exeption was made for Pope John Paul.
It's usually someone who had a great impact on their society
or in the Church itself...or were a great example to many.
Also, some are martyrs that died for their faith because they would
no renounce it.
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