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Making Saints
ISBN
9781439143957
Genre
Algemeen
Verschenen
26-04-2016
Bindwijze
Ebook EPUB
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
Touchstone
Auteur(s)
Kenneth L. Woodward

Making Saints

How The Catholic Church Determines Who Becomes A Saint, Who Doesn'T, And Why

Kenneth L. Woodward
Leesfragment
€16,76
  • From
  • inside
  • the
  • Vatican,
  • the
  • book
  • that
  • became
  • a
  • modern
  • classic
  • on
  • sainthood
  • in
  • the
  • Catholic
  • Church.Working
  • from
  • church
  • documents,
  • Kenneth
  • Woodward
  • shows
  • how
  • saint-makers
  • decide
  • who
  • is
  • worthy
  • of
  • the
  • church's
  • highest
  • honor.
  • He
  • describes
  • the
  • investigations
  • into
  • lives
  • of
  • candidates,
  • explains
  • how
  • claims
  • for
  • miracles
  • are
  • approved
  • or
  • rejected,
  • and
  • reveals
  • the
  • role
  • politics
  • --
  • papal
  • and
  • secular
  • --
  • plays
  • in
  • the
  • ultimate
  • decision.
  • From
  • his
  • examination
  • of
  • such
  • controversial
  • candidates
  • as
  • Archbishop
  • Oscar
  • Romero
  • of
  • El
  • Salvador
  • and
  • Edith
  • Stein,
  • a
  • Jewish
  • philosopher
  • who
  • became
  • a
  • nun
  • and
  • was
  • gassed
  • at
  • Auschwitz,
  • to
  • his
  • insights
  • into
  • the
  • changes
  • Pope
  • John
  • Paul
  • II
  • has
  • instituted,
  • Woodward
  • opens
  • the
  • door
  • on
  • a
  • 2,000-year-old tradition.
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