Britannica:
St. Valentine (died 3rd century, Rome; feast day February 14) is the name of one or two legendary Christian martyrs whose lives seem to have a historical basis. Although the Roman Catholic Church continues to recognize St. Valentine as a saint of the church, he was removed from the General Roman Calendar in 1969 because of the lack of reliable information about him. He is the patron saint of lovers, people with epilepsy, and beekeepers.
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ONLY 1 OR 2! God in his infinite wisdom had BIGOT AND
BRITANNICA start with “b”!
What is my opinion of Britanica? I was not clear?
For Orthodox Christians, Saint Valentine’s Day is most fully understood as a celebration of romantic love and of God’s love. Indeed, Valentine was willing to sacrifice his life not for Eros but in order to sanctify and make whole the union of young couples through the blessing of God’s love.
The Historical and Orthodox Saint Valentine
https://blogs.goarch.org/blog/-/blogs/the-historical-and-orthodox-saint-valentine
The beauty of all of God’s creation, is that he doesn’t show favoritism in doling out his salvation. Doesn’t matter if you call yourself a saint, been given sainthood, rolled beads between your fingers all day, or bang your head against a wall in order to be saved. God laughs at our folly.
Don’t let Hollywood see this.
They’ll do another “historic” movie and race swap and/or gender swap.
How many non-Catholics (Christians) have received Sainthood?
Martin Luther?
When Biden finally keels over he will become Hells patron Saint of douchebags.
its just the catholic hall of fame.
God isn’t involved in this.
Even the so called “Saints” had to humble themselves before God in order to receive the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ who is the author of faith and the source of all miracles. Believe in God and not in man’s creation of “church.”
Start with God’s love and let it be the example and perfector of your love for God’s creation (including humanity. Thanks be to God he asks us to love others even though we may not like them.
May your interaction with others start with “May the Christ in me recognize the Christ in you!”