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During the Counter-Reformation in southern Europe, Catholic Church officials developed rules to legitimize miracles performed by candidates to sainthood. The Rationalization of Miracles uncovers a tacit understanding between central religious officials and local religious activists. Each group had a vested interest in declaring miracles: Catholic Church leaders sought legitimacy in the wake of the crisis of faith created by the Protestant Schism and religious acolytes needed Church approval to secure a flow of resources to their movements. The Church's new procedure of deeming miracles 'true' when there were witnesses of different statuses and the acts occurred in the presence of a candidate's acolyte served the needs of both parties. And by developing rules and procedures for evaluating miracles, the Church rationalized the magic at the root of the miracles, thereby propelling the institution out of a period of institutional, political and social uncertainty and forming the basis of modern sainthood.

Christian church history --- Christian dogmatics --- anno 1500-1599 --- Canonization --- Miracles --- Counter-Reformation. --- Church history --- Canonisation --- Contre-Réforme --- Eglise --- History. --- History of doctrines. --- Histoire --- Histoire des doctrines --- Catholic Church --- Doctrines. --- C1 --- godsdienstsociologie --- kerkgeschiedenis --- 235.3 --- -Miracles --- -Counter-Reformation. --- -Christianity --- Ecclesiastical history --- History, Church --- History, Ecclesiastical --- History --- Christianity --- Anti-Reformation --- Church renewal --- Reformation --- God --- Marvelous, The --- Miracle workers --- Spiritual healing --- Supernatural --- Rites and ceremonies --- Beatification --- Christian saints --- Kerken en religie --- Hagiografie --- -Church of Rome --- Roman Catholic Church --- Katholische Kirche --- Katolyt︠s︡ʹka t︠s︡erkva --- Römisch-Katholische Kirche --- Römische Kirche --- Ecclesia Catholica --- Eglise catholique --- Eglise catholique-romaine --- Katolicheskai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ --- Chiesa cattolica --- Iglesia Católica --- Kościół Katolicki --- Katolicki Kościół --- Kościół Rzymskokatolicki --- Nihon Katorikku Kyōkai --- Katholikē Ekklēsia --- Gereja Katolik --- Kenesiyah ha-Ḳatolit --- Kanisa Katoliki --- כנסיה הקתולית --- כנסייה הקתולית --- 가톨릭교 --- 천주교 --- -Kerken en religie --- -Doctrines. --- -Anti-Reformation --- Contre-Réforme --- Counter-Reformation --- History of doctrines --- Church of Rome --- Social Sciences --- Sociology

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For centuries, Catholics in the Western world and the Orthodox in Russia have venerated certain saints as martyrs. In many cases, both churches recognize as martyrs the same individuals who gave their lives for Jesus Christ. On the surface, it appears that while the external liturgical practices of Catholics and Russian Orthodox may vary, the fundamental theological understanding of what it means to be a martyr, and what it means to canonize a saint, are essentially the same. But are they?In Making Martyrs East and West, Caridi examines how the practice of canonization developed in the West and in Russia, focusing on procedural elements that became established requirements for someone to be recognized as a saint and a martyr. She investigates whether the components of the canonization process now regarded as necessary by the Catholic Church are fundamentally equivalent to those of the Russian Orthodox Church, and vice versa, while exploring the possibility that the churches use the same terminology and processes, but in fundamentally different ways that preclude the acceptance of one church's saints by the other. Caridi examines official church documents and numerous canonization records, collecting and analyzing information from several previously untapped medieval Russian sources. Her highly readable study is the first to focus on the historical documentation on canonization specifically for juridical significance. It will appeal to scholars of religion and church history, as well as ecumenicists, liturgists, canonists, and those interested in East-West ecumenical efforts.  

Canonization. --- Rites and ceremonies. --- Christian saints. --- Saints --- Canonization --- Ceremonies --- Cult --- Cultus --- Ecclesiastical rites and ceremonies --- Religious ceremonies --- Religious rites --- Rites of passage --- Traditions --- Ritualism --- Manners and customs --- Mysteries, Religious --- Ritual --- Rites and ceremonies --- Beatification --- Christian saints --- Catholic Church. --- Russkai͡a pravoslavnai͡a t͡serkovʹ. --- Chiesa ortodossa russa --- Chiesa russa --- Eglise russe --- Orthodox Eastern Church (Russian) --- Rosiĭsʹka pravoslavna t︠s︡erkva --- RPT︠S︡ --- Russian Church --- Russian Orthodox Church --- Russian Orthodox Eastern Church --- Russisch-Orthodoxe Kirche --- Russische Orthodoxe Kirche --- Русская православная церковь --- РПЦ --- Російська православна церква --- martyrs, external liturgical practices, saint and martyr. --- Church of Rome --- Roman Catholic Church --- Katholische Kirche --- Katolyt︠s︡ʹka t︠s︡erkva --- Römisch-Katholische Kirche --- Römische Kirche --- Ecclesia Catholica --- Eglise catholique --- Eglise catholique-romaine --- Katolicheskai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ --- Chiesa cattolica --- Iglesia Católica --- Kościół Katolicki --- Katolicki Kościół --- Kościół Rzymskokatolicki --- Nihon Katorikku Kyōkai --- Katholikē Ekklēsia --- Gereja Katolik --- Kenesiyah ha-Ḳatolit --- Kanisa Katoliki --- כנסיה הקתולית --- כנסייה הקתולית --- 가톨릭교 --- 천주교 --- Canonisation --- Martyres