Stuart France’s insights are often remarkable. For example….
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The Roman Catholic Church’s criteria
for ‘conferring sainthood’ rests upon intercession.
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Intercession can be described as,
‘the predilection of disincarnate entities
to effect the incarnate world in a positive way’.
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If enough people report a successful outcome
or outcomes from their prayers of supplication to such entities
a case can be made for ‘promotion’ to sainthood…
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A history will be written, icons and relics will be manufactured,
more people will pray to the new saint and seek their graces…
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This process, apparently, applies to both humans and angels
which gives us the seemingly incongruous phenomena –
Archangelic Saints!
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Of which, St Michael is one…
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All this is a far cry from the early scriptural tradition
which seemed loath to even name ‘God’s Messengers’.
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Strange as this process might be it does suggest
that calling on the Archangels for help actually works!
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