tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post4864364119420001034..comments2024-03-19T09:08:18.850+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: What are saints? What is their value?Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-46554091784788736922010-09-08T06:05:40.092+01:002010-09-08T06:05:40.092+01:00@wmjas - I don't know enough to answer this.@wmjas - I don't know enough to answer this.Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-45864799753205282602010-09-08T02:09:40.535+01:002010-09-08T02:09:40.535+01:00"Such people (i.e. saints) are extremely rare..."Such people (i.e. saints) are extremely rare and may absent in some places and some periods of history"<br /><br />So would you consider most of the saints recognized by the Roman Catholic Church to be true saints in the sense you have in mind?<br /><br />If Mother Teresa is the archetypal "saint" of altruism, who would you put forward as the archetypal example of one who attained theosis? Bernard of Clairvaux perhaps?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com