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The Catholic Church also took decades — if not centuries — to canonize saints in the past. They probably had a standing policy of waiting until long after a person passed away — simply to view them objectively without having people who knew them personally involved in the process.


22 posted on 01/24/2016 8:55:52 AM PST by Alberta's Child (My mama said: "To get things done, you'd better not mess with Major Tom.")
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There isn’t much that NewChurch does that resembles the pre-Vatican II Church.


23 posted on 01/24/2016 11:13:47 AM PST by piusv (The Spirit of Christ hasn't refrained from using separated churches as means of salvation:VII heresy)
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