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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Intercession |
 | | 6, in P. The chief objections raised against the intercession and invocation of the saints are that these doctrines are opposed to the faith and trust which we should have in God alone; that they are a denial of the all-sufficient merits of Christ; and that they cannot be proved from Scripture and the Fathers. | | | We readily admit that the doctrine of the intercession of the saints is a development from the teaching of Scripture and that the practice is open to abuse. | | | The general principle of intercession and invocation of fellow-creatures is, however, stated in terms which admit of no denial; and this principle would in due course be applied to the saints as soon as their position was defined. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08070a.htm
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| | Ten Commandments of Intercession |
| | The Church teaches that the intercession of the saints in heaven is "their most exalted service to God's plan " (Catechism of the Catholic Church [CCC], 2683) — no matter how great was their work on earth. | | | Intercession is such an important ministry that some choose to be celibate or to take a lower paying job to have a life-style more appropriate to their ministry of intercession. | | | Intercession often is the difference between life and death, war and peace, healing or sickness, success or failure. |
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http://www.presentationministries.com/brochures/Intercession.asp
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| | The Canonization of Saints |
| | Contrary to the belief of some, the Church does not "create" saints, but simply applies the standard of gospel holiness to those God permits the Church to know are in heaven with Him. | | | Canon norms regarding the procedure to be followed for causes of saints are contained in the Apostolic Constitution Divinus Perfectionis Magister, promulgated by John Paul II on January 25, 1983. | | | For canonization another miracle is needed, attributed to the intercession of the Blessed and having occurred after his/her beatification. |
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http://www.catholicapologetics.org/ap070400.htm
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| | Free-Minds, a place to discover Islam based on GOD Alone |
| | To believe that God will share his authority of intercession with powerless beings (like Muhammed, Jesus, Saints). | | | Intercession is one of Satan's most effective trick to entice people into idol worship. | | | Thus intercession will take place on the Day of Judgement,but it will be utterly useless. |
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http://www.free-minds.org/articles/gods_system/intercession.htm
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| | Historical Sketch of Canonization |
| | Canonization derives its origin from revealed Catholic doctrine on the invocation of saints and the honor due to them; and the custom of paying religious honor to holy men and seeking their intercession is plainly asserted in the Old Testament. | | | Canonization and the veneration of saints are as old as the Church. | | | In the canonization of saints, as in many other matters of discipline, a process of centralization took place, and more serious and solemn issues were referred to the Holy See, the central authority in the Church. |
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http://friarsminor.org/xvii4-9.html
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| | Mary, Help of Christians: Part I: The Veneration and Invocation of the Saints and the Efficacy of Prayer: Chapter 1: The Veneration and Invocation of Saints |
| | Saint Paul the Apostle recommended himself to the prayers of the faithful (Romans 15:30), and God Himself commanded the friends of Job to ask him for His intercession that their sin might not be imputed to them (Job 42:8). | | | The veneration of the saints is not only in full accord with the demands of reason, but we are, moreover, enjoined explicitly by Holy Scripture to venerate the memory of the holy patriarchs and prophets: Let us now praise men of renown, and our fathers in their generation" (Ecclesiasticus 44:1). | | | That the invocation of the saints was a practice of the early Church is proved by the numerous inscriptions of the tombs of the Roman catacombs preserved to this day. |
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http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/mhc1001.htm
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| | The Holy Spirit's Intercession |
| | Yes, he quickens sinners into spiritual life, and he strives with them to overcome their sinfulness and turn them into the right way; but in the saints he works with us and enables us to pray after his mind and according to the will of God. | | | Unless we are the sons of God the Holy Spirit's indwelling shall not be ours: we are shut out from the intercession of the Holy Ghost, ay, and from the intercession of Jesus too, for he hath said, "I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me." | | | The Holy Spirit's mind is seen in our intercessions when under his sacred influence we order our case before the Lord, and plead with holy wisdom for things convenient and necessary. |
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http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/1532.htm
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| | The Reliquary |
| | If anything, these artifacts are to be seen as focal points for saints' veneration as "lightning rods" for Divine intervention through the intercession of the saints. | | | It is God working through the intercession of the saint in question Who is credited by the Catholic Church as being the source of the power felt through some of these relics. | | | They are not the fetishes common in other, particularly Animistic, religions, which hold that objects have power (called mana by anthropologists) of their own, although the Church does recognise that objects and places can be possessed by demons. |
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http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/9587/relics.html
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Beatification and Canonization |
| | The true origin of canonization and beatification must be sought in the Catholic doctrine of the worship (cultus), invocation, and intercession of the saints. | | | The worship of latria (latreia), or strict adoration, is given to God alone; the worship of dulia (douleia), or honour and humble reverence, is paid the saints; the worship of hyperdulia (hyperdouleia), a higher form of dulia, belongs, on account of her greater excellence, to the Blessed Virgin Mary. | | | In the earlier ages, therefore, this worship of the saints was entirely local and passed from one church to another with the permission of their bishops. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02364b.htm
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| | The Saints of the Orthodox Church |
| | The fact that Christians ask the prayers of saints and their intercession is prefigured in the New Testament. | | | Through the work of the Holy Trinity all Christians could be called saints; especially in the early Church as long as they were baptized in the name of the Holy Trinity, they received the Seal of the Spirit in chrismation and frequently participated in the Eucharist. | | | The saints are saints thanks to the grace of God, and they do not need official ecclesiastical recognition. |
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http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/articles/article8044.asp
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| | Relics and Saints |
| | Vatican II upheld the Council of Trent which laid the groundwork for so many unscriptural practices and declared the worship of Catholic saints a good and useful thing on account of the benefits to be obtained from God by their intercession. | | | Assuming that some of Rome’s "saints" are actually in heaven none of them would possess the omnipresence necessary in order to hear thousands of simultaneous prayers from devotees around the world. | | | One church claims to have a vial of the Virgin Mary’s milk in its altar, another a swatch of the swaddling clothes used at Jesus&; birth, another a thorn from the crown that was placed on Jesus&; brow. |
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http://www.baptistpillar.com/bd0396.htm
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| | Saints, Saints A-Z, Patrons Saints A-Z, Patron Saint Index, Saint Index . . . |
| | As you know there are literally hundreds of saints, so I've chosen to list some of the most popular saints who are called upon for intercession during prayer. | | | The Blessed Virgin, Mediatrix of all graces, the angels, Saints in heaven, souls in purgatory, and the faithful on earth intercede for mankind by their merits and prayers." | | | The act of calling on a saint for intercession and assistance is about meditating on the life experiences of the saint that you can relate to, thereby bringing to you awareness and enlightenment. |
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http://www.drstandley.com/guidance_saints.shtml
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| | Pray with the Saints |
| | See Intercession of the Saints for statements by the Fathers of the Church on appealing to the saints for help. | | | the Church recognizes as saints, share in the living tradition of prayer by the example of their lives, the transmission of their writings, and their prayer today. | | | recall the doctrine of the Communion of saints. |
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http://landru.i-link-2.net/shnyves/pray_with_saints.htm
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| | Lives of the Saints |
| | In every Liturgy, we ask God the Father to accept, on our behalf, "the prayers and the intercession" of all the Saints who now live in heaven. | | | Through the work of the Holy Trinity all Christians could be called saints; especially in the early Church as long as they were baptized in the name of the Holy Trinity, they received the Seal of the Spirit in chrismation and frequently participated in the Eucharist. | | | The saints are saints thanks to the grace of God, and they do not need official ecclesiastical recognition. |
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http://www.goarch.org/en/resources/saints
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| | comoayudar |
| | The Congregation for the Causes of Saints issues the "Nihil Obstat" declaring there is no obstacle on the part of the Holy See to the Cause of Canonization of Mother Teresa. | | | From Blessed to Saint A Servant of God who is beatified is called “Blessed.&; The Blessed may be canonized after the occurrence of one more miracle attributed to his or her intercession. | | | Monica Besra, was miraculous and is to be attributed to the intercession of the Servant of God. |
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http://www.colaboradores.org/ingles/bEATIFICATION.htm
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| | TG Intercession |
| | maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. | | | make intercession for all the children of men. | | | See also Holy Ghost, Mission of; Jesus Christ, Atonement through; Jesus Christ, Mission of; Meditation; Prayer; Supplication |
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http://scriptures.lds.org/tgi/intrcssn
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| | Reformed Theology Resource Center: Dedicated to the Reformed Faith |
| | That the principle of this certain perseverance is not in any degree in the free will of the saints, but altogether -- (1.) In the inherent immutability of the eternal decree of election; (2.) In the provisions of the eternal covenant of grace; (3.) In the merits and intercession of Christ; and. | | | The certainty of the perseverance of the saints in grace is se cured -- (4.) By the constant indwelling of the Holy Ghost. | | | The ground of the certainty of the perseverance of saints is also laid -- (2.) In the provisions of the eternal covenant of grace. |
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http://www.rtrc.net/documents/wcf/hodge/wcfaah17.htm
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| | Saint - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Saints are believed to have a power of intercession with God (Allah), and thus the ability to perform miracles and to give power or blessings known as baraka. | | | The saints are seen as models of holiness to be imitated, and as a 'cloud of witnesses' that strengthen and encourage the believer during his or her spiritual journey (Hebrews 12:1). | | | Sorting out exactly which Saints are ahistorical is difficult, because of the larger difficulty of proving a negative: the absence of independent records of a Saint's existence doesn't prove she or he never existed; indeed there are no specific records of the existence of many people who lived before the 20th century. |
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| | USCCB - The Living Light |
| | The popularity of the legend of the saints, martyrologies, practices associated with the cult of the saints, and miracles attributed to the intercession of saints—all fostered devotion to the saints, especially as patrons. | | | Perhaps it is time to once again assert the priority of the communion of saints as well as the eschatological vision of the Church's understanding of the reign of God. | | | The Litany of Saints is prayed during the Liturgy of Baptism at the paschal vigil. |
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| | Catholic Online |
| | Ah, dear Saint, grant us to feel in every need the power of thy intercession; give us comfort in all the bitterness of this life and especially at its latter end, that we may be worthy to share eternal happiness with thee in paradise. | | | All the saints were saved, and came to be saints by praying; all the accursed souls in hell were lost through neglect of prayer; if they had prayed, it is certain that they would not have been lost. | | | O wondrous Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus, who, in thy brief earthly life, didst become a mirror of angelic purity, of courageous love and of whole-hearted surrender to Almighty God, now that thou art enjoying the reward of thy virtues, turn thine eyes of mercy upon us who trust in thee. |
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http://www.catholic.org/clife/prayers/prayers.php?section_id=41&name=Saint
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| | Through the Intercession of Saints (This Rock: May-June 2002) |
| | So many healings of children and babies were credited to his prayers and intercession in his lifetime that he won for himself the nickname "Wonder Worker." Prayers to San Gerardo have resulted in untold numbers of healthy pregnancies where the hopes of pregnancy had all but been abandoned by doctors and couples alike. | | | I promised these wonderful saints I would thank them publicly for their most powerful intercession and would let whomever would listen know exactly how these things in my life came about. | | | It is said that he was an extremely sickly child himself, so much so that he nearly died of illness in his infancy. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Beatification and Canonization |
| | Paul beseeches the brethren (Rom., xv, 30; II Cor., i, 11; Col., iv, 3; Ephes., vi, 18, 19) to help him by their prayers for him to God, we must with even greater reason maintain that we can be helped by the prayers of the saints, and ask their intercession with humility. | | | In the earlier ages, therefore, this worship of the saints was entirely local and passed from one church to another with the permission of their bishops. | | | When the Congregation of Rites in the above described general meeting has decided favourably, the pope is asked is asked to sign the solemn decree which asserts that there exists evidence of the heroic virtues of the servant of God. |
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| | Feast of Saints Cyril and Methodius |
| | I entrust these wishes to God, and through the intercession of Sts Cyril and Methodius, I invoke an abundance of divine Blessings upon you and upon all those you represent. | | | As I had the opportunity to repeat during my recent Jubilee pilgrimage in the footsteps of St Paul, the lives of the holy brothers, Cyril and Methodius is a particularly eloquent example of evangelization to which the whole Church is called. | | | Having set out to meet the Slav peoples, the two brothers of Salonika first devoted themselves to translating the Bible and learning the language, but also the customs and usage of the peoples who welcomed them. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Sts. Cosmas and Damian |
| | The Greek Church celebrates the feast of Saints Cosmas and Damian on 1 July, 17 October, and 1 November, and venerates three pairs of saints of the same name and profession. | | | Having been cured of a dangerous illness by the intercession of Cosmas and Damian, Justinian, in gratitude for their aid, rebuilt and adorned their church at Constantinople, and it became a celebrated place of pilgrimage. | | | At Rome Pope Felix IV (526-530) erected a church in their honour, the mosaics of which are still among the most valuable art remains of the city. |
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| | ipedia.com: Calvinism Article |
| | Intercession of saints on the rejection of saint cults | | | Perseverance of the Saints">2.5 Perseverance of the Saints | | | The name applies generally to the Protestant doctrines that were held in common among the non-Lutheran national churches of Protestant countries and various minority Protestant reform movements, known as the Reformed churches, which formed outside of the Catholic Church in the latter two thirds of the 16th century (and in England in the 17th century). |
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| | Patron Saints Index Topic List: Name Day Saints |
| | As far as possible, names of saints should be given, by whose example the faithful may be encouraged to lead holy lives and by whose intercession they may be protected." - Roman Ritual | | | If you are trying to find the saints associated with the name Paula or Alan or Megan or Whoever, you can select the letter of the name, pick the name from the list - and get a list of saints associated with the name. | | | You can click the saint names to access their profiles, so if there are several Saints Francis or Jimmy-Joe, you can easily check them all. |
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