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This is a list of beatified individuals or blesseds according to the Catholic Church. The list is in alphabetical order by Christian name but, if necessary, by surname, the place or attribute part of name as well.
Ascension Rock, inside the Chapel of the Ascension (Jerusalem), is said to bear the imprint of Jesus' right foot as he left Earth and ascended into heaven.. The Christian Old Testament, which is based primarily upon the Hebrew Bible, follows the Jewish narrative and mentions that Enoch was "taken" by God, and that Elijah was bodily assumed into Heaven on a chariot of fire.
3 Yea, blessed are the poor in spirit who come unto me, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 And blessed are all they that mourn, for they shall be comforted. 5 And blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. 6 And blessed are all they who do hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled with the Holy Ghost.
The blessed, elected by popular acclamation (the vox populi) enjoyed only local veneration. While the procedure of canonization was taken in hand from the twelfth century by the papacy in Rome, that of beatification continued on a local scale until the thirteenth century before settling at the Council of Trent, which reserved to the pope the ...
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. The World English Bible translates the passage as: Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. The Novum Testamentum Graece text is: μακάριοι οἱ δεδιωγμένοι
140 best Irish blessings for St. Patrick's Day. It's normal to hear various "season's greetings" around the holidays, and different types of "best wishes" and congratulatory statements when ...
The Blessed at the gate to heaven with St. Peter (1467–1471) by Hans Memling. Pearly gates is an informal name for the gateway to Heaven according to some Christian denominations. It is inspired by the description of the New Jerusalem in Revelation 21:21: "The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl." [1]
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