Canonisation Of Saints Flashcards
Who approves the cause of Cannonisation?
The local bishop.
Does a person have to be dead to become a saint?
A person has to have passed to be a saint.
What is the first tital a potensial saint recieves?
Servant of God
How does the potensial saint recieve the first title ‘Servant of God’?
If the local bishop agrees to ‘The Cause of Canonisation’.
Which Vatican department decides wetherthe person shows ‘heroic sanctity’?
The Congregation for the Causes of Saints
What 2 things must be proven for the person to be decared venerable by the Pope?
- Live a life marked by virtious actions
- Doing good work out of the love of God and neighbour
Is the miracle that has occured by a potensial saint have to be done when they were alive or passed? What 3 properties does the miracle have to have?
The miracle had to have occured when the potensial saint has passed away. The miracle has to be instantanious, lasting and unexplainable.
What is the person called when the miracle has been fully proven and attributed to them?
They can now be called Blessed.
What is the ceremony called when the person is officially called ‘Blessed’?
Beatification
What is chosen for the saint after beatification?
A feat day is chosen after beatification or being officially called ‘Blessed’.
When does the second miracle have to have happen to be recognised and who is it approved by?
After beatification and when it is approved by rome.
What happens after the second miracle is confirmed by rome and who makes declairs this?
The person gets cannonised which means that the Pope declairs them a Saint.
Under what circumstances might the pope dispense the seclnd miracle (say that it is not needed to become a saint)?
When someone is a martyr or when it is just at the discretion of the Pope (Popes choice).
Name the 4 steps of becoming a saint in order.
- Servant of God
- Venerable
- Blessed
- Saint
