42,56 €
47,29 €
-10% with code: EXTRA
Making Saints
42,56 € 
- We will send in 10–14 business days.
From inside the Vatican, the book that became a modern classic on sainthood in the Catholic Church. Working from church documents, Kenneth Woodward shows how saint-makers decide who is worthy of the church's highest honor. He describes the investigations into lives of candidates, explains how claims for miracles are approved or rejected, and reveals the role politics -- papal and secular -- plays in the ultimate decision. From his examination of such controversial candidates as Archbishop Osca…
/images/books/4081566/9780684815305.jpg)
- Author: Kenneth L Woodward
- Publisher: Touchstone Books
- ISBN-10: 0684815303
- ISBN-13: 9780684815305
- Format: 14.2 x 22.2 x 3.2 cm, softcover
- Language: English
- SAVE -10% with code: EXTRA
Reviews
Description
From inside the Vatican, the book that became a modern classic on sainthood in the Catholic Church.Working from church documents, Kenneth Woodward shows how saint-makers decide who is worthy of the church's highest honor. He describes the investigations into lives of candidates, explains how claims for miracles are approved or rejected, and reveals the role politics -- papal and secular -- plays in the ultimate decision. From his examination of such controversial candidates as Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador and Edith Stein, a Jewish philosopher who became a nun and was gassed at Auschwitz, to his insights into the changes Pope John Paul II has instituted, Woodward opens the door on a 2,000-year-old tradition.
EXTRA 10 % discount with code: EXTRA
42,56 €
47,29 €
We will send in 10–14 business days.
The promotion ends in 18d.08:41:41
The discount code is valid when purchasing from 10 €. Discounts do not stack.
- Author: Kenneth L Woodward
- Publisher: Touchstone Books
- ISBN-10: 0684815303
- ISBN-13: 9780684815305
- Format: 14.2 x 22.2 x 3.2 cm, softcover
- Language: English English
From inside the Vatican, the book that became a modern classic on sainthood in the Catholic Church.
Working from church documents, Kenneth Woodward shows how saint-makers decide who is worthy of the church's highest honor. He describes the investigations into lives of candidates, explains how claims for miracles are approved or rejected, and reveals the role politics -- papal and secular -- plays in the ultimate decision. From his examination of such controversial candidates as Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador and Edith Stein, a Jewish philosopher who became a nun and was gassed at Auschwitz, to his insights into the changes Pope John Paul II has instituted, Woodward opens the door on a 2,000-year-old tradition.
Working from church documents, Kenneth Woodward shows how saint-makers decide who is worthy of the church's highest honor. He describes the investigations into lives of candidates, explains how claims for miracles are approved or rejected, and reveals the role politics -- papal and secular -- plays in the ultimate decision. From his examination of such controversial candidates as Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador and Edith Stein, a Jewish philosopher who became a nun and was gassed at Auschwitz, to his insights into the changes Pope John Paul II has instituted, Woodward opens the door on a 2,000-year-old tradition.
Reviews