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To: JoeProBono

“St. Ismeria” (”Grand-mother” of Jesus?). I thought “Saints” were deemed to have been born AD, not BC.


4 posted on 05/19/2011 6:14:29 PM PDT by The Bronze Titan
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To: The Bronze Titan
I thought “Saints” were deemed to have been born AD, not BC.

Saint Joseph: According to catholic.org, Joseph was a saint, and similarly for, "Mary . . . The Mother, of God, Mother of Jesus, wife of St. Joseph, and the greatest of all Christian saints". Most were AD, but there are a few exceptions who were contemporaries. Still, as you say, I have doubts on this woman's sainthood (or even her identity).

7 posted on 05/19/2011 6:27:07 PM PDT by Pollster1 (Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
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To: The Bronze Titan

Not so much. I am Eastern Orthodox. You better believe that St. Simeon the Righteous, the God-Receiver (who received Jesus at His Presentation at the Temple in Jerusalem)...

As is Moses the Law-Giver...

As are the Psalmist, King, and Propet David...
And Solomon...

I cuold go on, but you get the picture.


9 posted on 05/19/2011 6:39:56 PM PDT by Yudan (Living comes much easier once we admit we're dying.)
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To: The Bronze Titan
I thought “Saints” were deemed to have been born AD, not BC.
The mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary, has always been referred to in Catholic and Orthodox circles as "St. Anne." ST. Joseph was certainly born B.C., as was St. Mary herself.
10 posted on 05/19/2011 7:10:40 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: The Bronze Titan

Saint John the Baptist is recognized by that title pretty universally in the Christian churches that use the term. I believe he was born a few months BC.


33 posted on 05/20/2011 5:08:54 AM PDT by ThanhPhero (Khach hanh huong den La Vang)
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