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| Why Doesn't The Church Canonise Saints of the OT | |
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| Topic Started: Monday, 20. February 2012, 11:39 (165 Views) | |
| Derekap | Monday, 20. February 2012, 11:39 Post #1 |
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Surely, for all their faults and weaknesses the Old Testament Prophets are in Heaven? Then why doesn't The Church canonise them? Do we hear of Catholic and Schismatic Churches being dedicated to Isaah, Moses, etc - or even St Adam? I know we have St David but then he is post Jesus's Life on earth. We can't say they are Jewish because Jesus and Our Lady and other Apostles were Jewish. Also we have a Jewish convert of recent times who is now a Saint. We can't say they were sometimes naughty because St Paul and many other Saints were also naughty at one time. |
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| Home in Rome | Tuesday, 21. February 2012, 00:39 Post #2 |
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We had this discussion before a short while ago. The Orthodox Church has churches dedicated to Moses, Abraham etc (but not St Moses, St Abraham) and have days dedicated to them. As for why the Catholic Church doesn't, I suppose it's to do with practice. While the Orthodox Church doesn't have a formal system of canonisation, they venerate as saints through local acclamation and popular devotion. Theologically, because Christ descended into the Hades (Sheol in Hebrew; abode of the dead) after crucifixion, the Old Testament heroes had a chance to hear and respond to the gospel and therefore are deemed to have been redeemed and saved, and to be now in heaven. But the fact they lived before the time of Christ and didn't explicitly bear witness to Christ through their death, writings or works make them unsuitable candidates for canonisation. In the pre-Vatican II calendar, the Holy Maccabean Martyrs were commemorated on 1st August, so there are some exceptions. |
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| Clare | Wednesday, 22. February 2012, 23:56 Post #3 |
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Christmas Eve is apparently also the feast of Ss Adam and Eve. |
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| Anne-Marie | Thursday, 23. February 2012, 09:51 Post #4 |
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SAINTS Adam & Eve??? Aren't these the characters who are responsible for taking us away from God??? Or am I mistaken???
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| Rose of York | Thursday, 23. February 2012, 13:36 Post #5 |
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I can find no reference to that. Catholic Online list of saints show one St Adam but no St Eve. http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=32
Now we know, Adam needed to find somewhere to live after he was evicted from the Garden of Eden. I wonder if he kicked his wife out, for what she had "made" him do? Seriously though, Clare, do you know where there is any information about "Saints Adam and Eve"? But for them there would have been no need for the events of the first Christmas. |
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| Clare | Thursday, 23. February 2012, 16:44 Post #6 |
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And St Paul persecuted Christians. And St Mary Magdalen was a prostitute. People come good sometimes! |
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| Clare | Thursday, 23. February 2012, 16:52 Post #7 |
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Repentance and forgiveness? Anyhow, look here, and follow the links. I would imagine that they would have been among the good Old Testament folk that Our Lord released from Limbo, when He descended there. |
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| Marts | Thursday, 23. February 2012, 17:06 Post #8 |
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Clare, Pope Gregory the Great first suggested that Mary Magdalene was a prostitute in 591. In 1969 the Vatican rejected his analysis, but the damage was done as can be seen from your post. There is no evidence to suggest Mary Magdalene was a prostitute. |
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| Rose of York | Thursday, 23. February 2012, 17:14 Post #9 |
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That led me to this link. http://greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=00CcKV There is nothing authoritative I can find, to suggest the feast of "Saints" Adam and Eve is on 24th December. Who is to know whether they lived virtuous lives after The Fall? |
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| Clare | Thursday, 23. February 2012, 21:30 Post #10 |
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You probably won't find anything authoritative enough, but there should be enough to show I've not made it up! St Monica's Kneeler:
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Catholic Home and Garden:
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Edited by Clare, Thursday, 23. February 2012, 21:36.
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| Derekap | Friday, 24. February 2012, 15:35 Post #11 |
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In all life until now, I've never realised until this forum that Sts Adam and Eve were celebrated on 24 December in the Latin Rite of our Church. Perhaps because all the build-up to Christmas Eve and Day suppressed the celebration. Nor did I realise that the Orthodox Churches celebrated and/or dedicated their churches to Old Testament personalities. The longer I live the more I learn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (I wonder how many Catholic Cockneys adam and eve it!) |
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| Deacon Robert | Saturday, 25. February 2012, 02:07 Post #12 |
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The answer is because the church did not canonise Saints for more than 1500 years. Saints were acclaimed through the people of God not the hierarchy. |
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