Joan of Arc Forum

[empther]

This is the thread to talk about one of the most amazing lives ever lived, Joan of Arc, 1412-1429, canonized a Saint in Rome by Pope Benedict XV in 1920.

What do you have to say about Joan?

 

[Sandtigress]

She’s my patron saint, and I love her!

 

[empther]

Sandtigress,

You could have hardly chosen a better patron Saint. Joan is unique in many ways.

Let’s see what Pope Benedict XV said about her in his 1920 canonization proclamation…

faculty.smu.edu/bwheeler/Joan_of_Arc/crcanonization.pdf

“For it is the order of the day that he who has by Jesus Christ been appointed teacher of truth and champion of justice canonize with unalterable decree the sanctity of the bravest maiden within the recollection of men and the most innocent…”

“…it is with the authority and approval of God that our Most Blessed Lord, here in this most solemn assembly of the nations of the world, proclaims the very Maid an exemplar of sanctity and commends her to the entire Christian world, an object of veneration, of imitation.”

“Behold, that moment of time, so long awaited by good men, has now come, when the sanctity of Joan of Arc, supereminent in every respect, is ratified by the authority of Peter. May the whole Catholic world hear, and just as it has come to admire her brave deeds in defense of her country, may it now, and henceforward venerate her as a most brilliantly shining light of the Church Triumphant.”

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Jesus authorized Church Tradition through Peter. Link–>>John chap 15, v 26-27

"A reply of St. Joan of Arc… …sums up the faith…" Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 795 “About Jesus Christ and the Church, I simply know they’re just one thing, and we shouldn’t complicate the matter.” If Jesus Christ is the Church, then the Church cannot be changed.