Our Sunday Visitor's encyclopedia of Saints /
Bunson, Matthew
Our Sunday Visitor's encyclopedia of Saints / Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, Stephen Bunson. - Huntington, Ind. : Our Sunday Visitor, c1998. - 797 p. : ill. 24 cm.
Contains saints of the Catholic Church ,famous and extremely obscured saints and beati.Special attention is given to the martyrs of the faith ,who died in offering their lives to God,and many of whom are still Blessed but their examples warrant their inclusion.Many of the finest examples of sanctity are to be found in the martyrs who remain Blesseds ,such as those of England ,Vietnam,Korea and Japan.Several beat are exceedingly noteworthy as historical figures ,such as Blessed Father Damien of Molokai and Blessed Edith Stein .Includes processes of canonization,the systematic examination by custom in which science and faith peer into the miracles and apply the most current developments in historiography to determine the often shadowy details of a potential saint's life.
879735880
Christian saints
Our Sunday Visitor's encyclopedia of Saints / Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, Stephen Bunson. - Huntington, Ind. : Our Sunday Visitor, c1998. - 797 p. : ill. 24 cm.
Contains saints of the Catholic Church ,famous and extremely obscured saints and beati.Special attention is given to the martyrs of the faith ,who died in offering their lives to God,and many of whom are still Blessed but their examples warrant their inclusion.Many of the finest examples of sanctity are to be found in the martyrs who remain Blesseds ,such as those of England ,Vietnam,Korea and Japan.Several beat are exceedingly noteworthy as historical figures ,such as Blessed Father Damien of Molokai and Blessed Edith Stein .Includes processes of canonization,the systematic examination by custom in which science and faith peer into the miracles and apply the most current developments in historiography to determine the often shadowy details of a potential saint's life.
879735880
Christian saints
