[Wikipedia-l] Re: Saints

Thu Oct 23 22:45:50 UTC 2003

>
>Peter Gervai <grin at tolna.net> writes:
>
> > (btw if someone is saint for christians and Foo for Xyzzyans then 
>article
> > should mention both.
>
>Sure, and if he is just a normal human being for the rest of the
>world?  Yes, here is the solution:
>
> > If they contradict, list them in separate sections referencing the
> > source.)
>
>Talk about sainthood(?) later.  As long as he lived, has was no saint;
>after his death he was made a saint.

You don't know your theology. He (or she) was made a saint in the belief 
that he or she was in heaven, because of his or her conduct on earth. Ipso 
facto, s/he was a saint when he lived, and declared a saint when he/she 
died.

JT
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