Saints The first saints were martyrs, people who had given up their lives for the Faith in the persecution of Christians. Cnonization, the process the Church uses to name a saint, before this starting with the first martyrs of the early Church, saints were chosen by public acclaim. Gradually, the bishops and finally the Vatican took over authority for approving saints. In 1983, Pope John Paul II made sweeping changes in the canonization procedure. Often, the …
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…calendar revision this feast is Oct 2. The fallen angels (demons) These beings, because of pride, did not return God's love. God did not destroy them, but permits them a limited scope of activity. Their condition is permanent for no creature can turn away from the perfect good of the beatific vision once he has come to enjoy it, and no additional reflection could change the mind of a purely spiritual being who has turned away.