Block, SkipCaptcha, Automoderated users, edit, rollback
3,026
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 4:
Line 4: − Line 12:
Line 11: − == Sources: ==+ + +
Broadened beyond the originally named churches; I'm a Baptist, and we don't use the word in that sense.
Persons recognized as saints must first be [[beatified]] (After which the deceased person is given the title 'Blessed') and then [[canonized]] by the [[Pope]]. Usually a person is canonized if at least three miracles have been performed by them through lay people asking the deceased to intercede with [[God]] on their behalf. These miracles must be thoroughly investigated by church authorities and declared valid before canonization occurs.
Persons recognized as saints must first be [[beatified]] (After which the deceased person is given the title 'Blessed') and then [[canonized]] by the [[Pope]]. Usually a person is canonized if at least three miracles have been performed by them through lay people asking the deceased to intercede with [[God]] on their behalf. These miracles must be thoroughly investigated by church authorities and declared valid before canonization occurs.
Many martyrs, people who died either for their faith or for another person, are recognized as saints based upon what [[Jesus]] said; the greatest commandments are to love God with your whole heart and soul and to love your neighbor as yourself. Also, when he told His disciples that 'greater love than this no man hath, that a man lay down his life for his friends.'
Many martyrs, people who died either for their faith or for another person, are recognized as saints based upon what [[Jesus]] said; the greatest commandments are to love God with your whole heart and soul and to love your neighbor as yourself. Also, when he told His disciples that 'greater love than this no man hath, that a man lay down his life for his friends.'
Notable Saints include the [[Twelve Apostles]], St. [[Paul]], [[St. Patrick]], St. Francis of Assisi, St. [[Theresa of Avila]] and St. Katharine Drexel.
Notable Saints include the [[Twelve Apostles]], St. [[Paul]], [[St. Patrick]], St. Francis of Assisi, St. [[Theresa of Avila]] and St. Katharine Drexel.
The [[New Testament]] uses the word "saint" to mean any Christian, and many [[Protestant]]s adhere to that usage.<ref>[http://www.gotquestions.org/saints-Christian.html What Are Christian Saints According to the Bible?]</ref>
==References==
<references/>
''Beatification and Canonization'', http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02364b.htm
''Beatification and Canonization'', http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02364b.htm