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020			_a9781139005128 (ebook)
020			_z9781107013681 (hardback)
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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aBX2330 _b.P37 2012
082	0	0	_a235/.2409 _223
100	1		_aParigi, Paolo, _d1973- _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe rationalization of miracles / _cPaolo Parigi.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2012.
300			_a1 online resource (xix, 193 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505	0		_aThe Congregatio Sacrorum Rituum -- The living saint -- The acolytes -- The devil's advocate and the doctor -- Manufacturing true miracles.
520			_aDuring 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.
610	2	0	_aCatholic Church _xDoctrines.
650		0	_aCanonization _xHistory.
650		0	_aMiracles _xHistory of doctrines.
650		0	_aCounter-Reformation.
650		0	_aChurch history _y16th century.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107013681
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139005128
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