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It is no doubt amazing what we have done to each other in the name of God.
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It is no doubt amazing what we have done to each other in the name of God.
I think it is that we assume he was traditional christian in his beliefs because he owned the title "Reverend" and so it was not questioned much . . if you read the writings from the site I posted (stanford) you will be able to get a feel for his spiritual thoughts and life . .mhatten said:
Peace in Him!
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Polycarp1
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I don't have a clue where St. Gregory's is coming from with their collection -- but here is a list, with biographies, of the saint's days officially recognized by the Episcopal Church (for obvious reasons, this does not deal with moveable feasts -- and with the rule that a Sunday or moveable feast or fast supersedes the saint, whose commemoration is then transferred to an open weekday in the week following his appropriate date). As with Orthodoxy, other national churches share the greater part of the list, and add and subtract according to their own national concerns and focuses. New Zealand, for example, omits some of our saintly American bishops and adds a couple of remarkable Maori who became missionaries.
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Bear in mind, the canonized saints are the great men and women of faith we know about... think of the millions of saints throughout history we've never heard of...
Canonization is more for OUR benefit, to inspire us to greatness by seeing how the Holy Spirit worked in "the cloud of witnesses" who preceeded us in the Faith. We recognize these Christian "forefathers" (and "foremothers") and realize that we too are One Body with them, these simple mortals blessed by God... as we too are.
Canonization is more for OUR benefit, to inspire us to greatness by seeing how the Holy Spirit worked in "the cloud of witnesses" who preceeded us in the Faith. We recognize these Christian "forefathers" (and "foremothers") and realize that we too are One Body with them, these simple mortals blessed by God... as we too are.
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