| LC control no. | sh 85012700 |
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| Topical heading | Beatification |
| See also | Rites and ceremonies Blessed Canonization Heroic virtue |
| Found in | Work cat.: Morales, I. Fray Cosme, 2021: p. 4 of cover ([cataloger's translation] Brother Cosme Spessetto, beatification, January 22, 2022) Concise Oxford dictionary of the Christian Church, 2014, via WWW, viewed April 13, 2023 (beatification: In the RC Church, the act by which the Pope permits the public veneration after death of a Catholic in parts of the Church. Such a person receives the title 'Blessed') Dictionary of Christianity (Cooper), 2013, via WWW, viewed April 13, 2023 (Beatification. In the ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH this is a solemn act by which a deceased person is formally declared by the POPE to be one of the blessed departed and therefore a proper subject for a MASS and OFFICE in his honour, generally with some local restriction. Beatification is usually, though not necessarily, a step to CANONIZATION) Merriam-Webster unabridged, via WWW, viewed April 13, 2023 (beatification, noun 1: the act of beatifying; beatify, transitive verb 2: Roman Catholicism: to declare (a deceased person) to have attained the blessedness of heaven and authorize the title "Blessed" and limited public religious honor for) |
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