Questions tagged [saint]
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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According to mainstream Christian Protestants, Is there a waiting place for the saints and the wicked where they are immediately received after death?
From the parable of the rich man and Lazarus, Jesus taught that both died but went to different destinations in the afterlife. Lazarus was comforted in Abraham's bossom which is paradise and the rich ...
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Do miracles associated with the cause for canonization have to be believed?
The requirement of miracles in the causes of canonization are crucial because they are a divine confirmation of the holiness of the person invoked, says a Vatican aide. (EWTN)
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Where was Saint Patrick of Ireland born?
There are claims that his birthplace is Scotland, England or even Wales.
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Catholic Mystics who have Written about Our Lord's Sufferings While He was Imprisoned
In Life of Blessed (Now Saint) Margaret Mary Alacoque, it is found on p. 3:
It is related in the revelations of St Gertrude that she once asked St John the Evangelist why the devotion to the Sacred ...
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St. Thomas Aquinas on the Worthy Reception of Holy Communion and the Forgiveness of Venial Sins?
What did St. Thomas Aquinas (and/or perhaps, Augustine et al.) have to say regarding the worthy reception of Holy Communion and the forgiveness of venial sins?
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Was Saint Mary of Egypt baptized as a child or at the Jordan river?
Was Saint Mary of Egypt baptized as a child or at the Jordan river?
I am seeing conflicting information or a lack thereof when I research her.
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Has the Cause for the Canonization of Fr. Frederick W. Faber been Proposed?
Fr. Frederick William Faber became a member of the Oxford Movement under the leadership of St. John Henry Newman et al. in the 1830s. Many of its members, as a result of the condemnations levied upon ...
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Do Latter-day Saints recognize Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Saints?
Contemplating the idea of saints existing outside the recognized boundaries of the Latter-day Saint church, Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Saints immediately came to mind. Notably, the Eastern Orthodox ...
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Catholic Saints Who Have Expressed Thoughts Similar to St. Faustina Regarding Chosen Souls
There are at least three places in St. Faustina's Diary where she writes about the world being maintained by chosen souls; see, for example:
926 And the Lord gave me to know who it is that upholds ...
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Saints who chose wrong vocation?
Are there saints who chose the wrong vocation—i.e., entered into a certain state of life without having any attraction to it?
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Christian meals and/or foods linked to Jesus Christ in the New Testament and the saints?
Can anyone link me to a source for Christian meal foods that can be linked to a particular day in the life of Jesus and particular events in the lives of Christian saints.
In the event that such ...
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How did St. Veronica get her name?
Vignettes from Nature, a book written by Grant Allen and published from London in 1881 has this interesting note: the piece of cloth with which Jesus' face is believed to have been wiped on his way to ...
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Where should I go if I want to become a saint?
From Wikipedia (article "Saint"):
The Catholic Church teaches that it does not "make" or "create" saints, but rather recognizes them. Proofs of heroic virtue required in ...
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How do Catholics choose which saints to pray to?
How do Catholics decide which saints to pray to? I am somewhat familiar with the concept of patron saints; my understanding is that Catholics are encouraged to pray to particular saints based on their ...
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Has any formerly excommunicated person ever been canonized as a saint in Catholicism?
Has any formerly excommunicated person who later repented been canonized as a saint after their death?
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