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"The authentic cult of the saints consists not so much in the multiplying of external acts, but rather in the intensity of our active love." Vatican II: Constitution on the Church |
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Vatican II: Dogmatic Constitution on the Church See Chapter 7: The Eschatological Nature of the Pilgrim Church and Her Union with the Heavenly Church Congregation for the Causes of Saints Celebrating Saints in the Liturgical Year Vatican II excerpt The Communion of Saints Catechism of the Catholic Church, Part 1, Section 2 On the Invocation, Veneration, and Relics of Saints, and on Sacred Images Council of Trent The Local and the Universal: Anglican Appreciations of the Saints and Mary MacKillop By Alan Cadwallader in Australian EJournal of Theology, August 2010 African Ancestral Veneration and the Possibility of its Incorporation into Catholic Devotion By Alex Jebadu, SVD, June 2006 A Reinterpretation of Invocation and Intercession of the Saints By Patricia A. Sullivan in Theological Studies, June 2005 Ancestor Worship in Korea and Africa: Social Function or Religious Phenomenon? By Choon Sup Bae in Verbum et Ecclesia, 2004 New Voices in the Tradition: Medieval Hagiography Revisited By Marie Anne Mayeski in Theological Studies, December 2002 Saints And Martyrs: Some Contemporary Considerations By Lawrence S. Cunningham in Theological Studies, September 1999 The Mystery of Holiness By Robert Ellsberg in Sojourners, 1997 Why A Sanctoral Cycle? Or, Are We Ready for Methodist Hagiography? By Clifton F. Guthrie in Doxology: Journal of the Order of Saint Luke, 1996 Rising to the Happiness of the Lives of the Saints By Kay Cole in The Way, 1996 The Communion of Saints By James Corkery in The Way, 1996 Recovering the Intercession of the Saints in the Reformed Tradition By Belden C. Lane in The Way, 1996 Saints For Today By Sara Maitland in The Way, 1996 Rethinking Ancestors in Africa By John C. McCall in Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, 1995 May We Invoke The Saints? By Elizabeth A. Johnson in Theology Today, 1987 Christians and Their Ancestors: A Dilemma of African Theology By Jack Partain in the Christian Century, November 26, 1986 Legends of the Saints By Heinrich Günter in The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1910 Patron Saints Henry Parkinson in Catholic Encyclopedia, 1911 Communion of Saints Joseph Sollier in Catholic Encyclopedia, 1908 The Legends of the Saints: An Introduction to Hagiography By Hippolyte Delehaye, S.J., 1907 The Golden Legend (Aurea Legenda) Compiled by Jacobus de Voragine, 1275 Saints, Martyrs and Other Holy Persons A Catholic Information Network webpage Saint and Saintliness By Joseph Jacobs and Judah David Eisenstein in The Jewish Encyclopedia Biographical Sketches of Memorable Christians of the Past Site by the Anglican Society of Archbishop Justus The Martyrology of the Sacred Order of Friars Preachers Newman Press, 1955 Saints Frequently Asked Questions How does the Church choose saints? When did the Church start honoring saints? Is keeping pictures and statues of saints idolatry? Why do Catholics pray to saints? Is there a feast day for every day of the year? Prayers to saints Papal Documents on Saints Theology Library links Patron Saints Sites: Catholic Online - Catholic Forum - St. Charles Borromeo Parish - Catholic Doors Ministry - Saints Alive Christian Hagiography Who's Who? Our Activities Past and Present. More about Saints. Hagiography around the World. Web Sites for Hagiographers Gregory of Nyssa: The Forty Martyrs Saint of the Day Read about today's saint, courtesy of American Catholic Online Almost A Saint: Pope John XXIII Learn from this St. Anthony Messenger article about the process of being declared a saint The Practice of Christianity in Roman Africa: The Cult of the Saints Several excellent articles Lesser-Known Saints & Martyrs Some saints you may never have heard of Book of Saints Brief stories of 54 saints, written by children Christian Hagiography Compiled by Société des Bollandistes St. Pachomius Library An Orthodox encyclopedia with many items on saints Saints and Blesseds of the Society of Jesus The Celtic Saints Information on nearly 40 Celtic saints A Benedictine Martyrology Augustinian Saints and Blesseds Saints of Carmel Carmelite Saints Saints Lives From the Internet Medieval Sourcebook List of Some African Saints, Blesseds and Venerables The Military Martyrs The primary purpose of this site is to enable people to begin to explore the cult of the military martyrs during the late antique and early medieval periods. Webmaster is David Woods of University College Cork in Ireland. Biographical Sketches of Memorable Christians of the Past |
