TY - BOOK AU - Parigi,Paolo ED - Cambridge eBooks. TI - The rationalization of miracles SN - 9781139005128 (ebook) AV - BX2330 .P37 2012 U1 - 235/.2409 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Catholic Church KW - Doctrines KW - Canonization KW - History KW - Miracles KW - History of doctrines KW - Counter-Reformation KW - Church history KW - 16th century KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015); The Congregatio Sacrorum Rituum -- The living saint -- The acolytes -- The devil's advocate and the doctor -- Manufacturing true miracles N2 - During 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 UR - http://ezproxy.alfaisal.edu/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139005128 ER -