canonization

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The methods for affirming this miracle are the same as those followed in Stage II. Canonization allows for public veneration by all faithful within the Roman Catholic Church.

From Washington Times • Dec. 2, 2017

Canonization requires a second miracle, although the pope may waive some of these requirements.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2012

Canonization of saints is a Roman Catholic practice that for Protestants was swept away with the Reformation.

From Time Magazine Archive

A. Canonization is a solemn ceremony by which the Church declares that a certain person, now dead, was remarkable for extraordinary holiness while on earth, and is now in heaven worthy of our veneration.

From Baltimore Catechism, No. 3 by Anonymous

C�sarea, 85 Calvin, 37 Canonization of the Law, 12 Cerinthus, 219 Chiliasts, 187 Christological Epistles, 97 Christ-party, 45 Clement of Rome, 19 f.,

From The Making of the New Testament by Bacon, Benjamin Wisner