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The Rationalization of Miracles (Hardcover, New)
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The Rationalization of Miracles (Hardcover, New)
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During the Counter-Reformation in southern Europe, Catholic Church
officials developed rules to legitimize miracles performed by
candidates to sainthood. The Rationalization of Miracles uncovers a
tacit understanding between central religious officials and local
religious activists. Each group had a vested interest in declaring
miracles: Catholic Church leaders sought legitimacy in the wake of
the crisis of faith created by the Protestant Schism and religious
acolytes needed Church approval to secure a flow of resources to
their movements. The Church's new procedure of deeming miracles
'true' when there were witnesses of different statuses and the acts
occurred in the presence of a candidate's acolyte served the needs
of both parties. And by developing rules and procedures for
evaluating miracles, the Church rationalized the magic at the root
of the miracles, thereby propelling the institution out of a period
of institutional, political and social uncertainty and forming the
basis of modern sainthood.
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