The Invention of Saintliness (Routledge Studies in Medieval Religion and Culture)

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This volume discusses, from a historical and literary angle, the ways in which sanctification and the inscription of saintliness take place. Going beyond the traditional categories of canonization, cult, liturgical veneration and hagiographical lives, the work raises fundamental issues concerning definitions if saints and saintliness in a period before the concept was crystallized in canon law. As well as discussing sources and methodology, contributions cover contextual issues, including relics and veneration, life and the afterlife, and examinations of specific sources and texts. Subjects raised include the idea of hagiography as intimate biography, perceptions of holiness in writings by and about female mystics, and bodily aspects of the Franciscan search for evangelical perfection.




The problem with all these so-called saints is simply that anyone of real good would not uphold a vile & corrupting organization such as the catholic church. They would step aside & denounce such as sheer folly & evil. Every religion has it's "leaders" who set themselves apart from the common folk & declare themselves to be something which they very clearly are not. Also within every religion we see a history of abuse in all forms from the physical to the psychological. The whole church/religious system is simply set up to exploit the ignorance & gullibility of the general public. We do not need their teachings nor dogmas to live a decent life, we just have to use the insight with which we were born.

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