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To: Mike Fieschko

I think the question has not been authoritatively answered. The weight of opinion seems to be that the answer is 'yes, the papal act of canonization is infallible.'

How about saint Christopher? didn't they just recently say that he never really existed?


32 posted on 12/20/2004 8:36:25 PM PST by oldbrowser (You lost the election.....................Get over it.)
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To: oldbrowser
How about saint Christopher? didn't they just recently say that he never really existed?

No (IIRC). His feast day was taken off the calendar in 1969.

The joke back then was that Pope Paul released him and the Mets picked him up on waivers.
33 posted on 12/20/2004 8:42:33 PM PST by Mike Fieschko
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To: oldbrowser
How about saint Christopher? didn't they just recently say that he never really existed?

Saints were originally determined by popular acclamation. Since their existence is known only through oral tradition, no one can know for sure what aspects of their stories are true and which are legendary. Additionally, there are too many saints to give each of them a day, so St. Christopher got bumped for another saint.


105 posted on 12/21/2004 5:05:58 AM PST by Aquinasfan (Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
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To: oldbrowser

Yes, but St. Christopher was never declared a Saint by the Pope. The traditions of various ancient areas are also preserved; St. Christopher was one such traditional Saint. IIRC, he was removed from the canon becuase there was suspicion he never existed.


151 posted on 12/21/2004 7:56:03 AM PST by dangus
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