Changes

9 bytes added ,  18:44, January 5, 2025
no edit summary
Line 2: Line 2:  
A '''saint''' (from Old French ''saint''; from Latin ''sanctus'', from ''sancire'' to be set apart) in general is a [[holy]] or godly person.<ref>''The Reader's Digest Great Encyclopedic Dictionary: including Funk & Wagnalls Standard College Dictionary'', 1966, The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., Pleasantville, New York. Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 66-216606. | S | saint | page 1184a</ref> In [[religion]] as a whole there are recognized [[Christianity|Christian]], [[Hinduism|Hindu]], [[Buddhism|Buddhist]], [[Islam|Moslem]] and [[Sufi]] saints.   
 
A '''saint''' (from Old French ''saint''; from Latin ''sanctus'', from ''sancire'' to be set apart) in general is a [[holy]] or godly person.<ref>''The Reader's Digest Great Encyclopedic Dictionary: including Funk & Wagnalls Standard College Dictionary'', 1966, The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., Pleasantville, New York. Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 66-216606. | S | saint | page 1184a</ref> In [[religion]] as a whole there are recognized [[Christianity|Christian]], [[Hinduism|Hindu]], [[Buddhism|Buddhist]], [[Islam|Moslem]] and [[Sufi]] saints.   
   −
Related concept: [[Sacred]] is the state of being [[Holiness|holy]], reserved for [[worship]] or associated with worship in a given [[culture]] or [[religion]], as contrast with [[profane]] which is of the earth, daily, and common.   
+
Related concept to saint: [[Sacred]] is the state of being [[Holiness|holy]], reserved for [[worship]] or associated with worship in a given [[culture]] or [[religion]], as contrast with [[profane]] which is of the earth, daily, and common.   
    
==Saints in Catholicism==
 
==Saints in Catholicism==
Irenaeus, Siteadmin, Check users, oversight, Administrators
351,411

edits