Talk:Beatification
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Is the list of partially Beatified people necessary, or could it be entirely replaced by the Beatified people category?
- Now that the category exists and is populated, it is probably better and more maintainable than the list in the article. Maybe the article should have a few prominant examples, though. Mpolo 19:16, Oct 5, 2004 (UTC)
This isn't really unique to Catholicism, is it ? I mean, is there not some analog in the Eastern Orthodox Churches ?
Also, I think the article should mention the critical charge that beatification is a form of apotheosis, as that (charge) would probably have widespread support in modern Protestantism ?
It is pretty unique to Catholicism; the only other Church to have something similar is the Russian Orthodox - but it's less formal and goes by another name.
The background for the difference seems to be one that is encountered elsewhere too: The Catholic Church thinks in legalistic terms, and needs a process, while the Eastern/Oriental Churches are much less formal in their way of thinking. This can be seen in the attitude towards canon law, the administration of the sacraments etc.
As for the Protestant attitude, it seems like a good idea to cover that. But I suppose that the criticism is even stronger against canonization, so perhaps that is the best place to cover it in any depth.
Cnyborg 14:21, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Saints
Come and join a new WikiProject: Saints (covers the Blessed as well). --Kpalion 11:05, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)
List of beatified people
Following an edit comment by User:Michael Hardy, I think I should say something about my recent pruning of the list of beatified people. As noted before, comprehensiveness of this list has little value given the existence of the category Category:Beatified people. Instead,I thought the most value to wikiepedia users would be if the list were restricted to the few figures about whom most is said about here on Wikipedia. No doubt about the authenticity of the commented-out names was intended. ---- Charles Stewart 08:23, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)
I'm not really knowledgable about this sort of thing and this didn't really explain very much to me. Is there anyone who could dumb this down for me?
