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A few Wikipedians have gotten together to make some suggestions about how we might organize data in articles about saints. These are only suggestions, things to give you focus and to get you going, and you shouldn't feel obligated in the least to follow them. But if you don't know what to write or where to begin, following the below guidelines may be helpful. Mainly, we just want you to write articles!
Background
ScopeThis WikiProject aims primarily at standardizing the articles about people venerated by some Christians as saints or the blessed and making sure that they maintain a NPOV. In the Roman Catholic Church the term "saint" refers to both the holy men, women and angels on earth and in heaven—however, since the 10th century, the title "Saint" is only given to persons who have been officially recognized (canonized) by the Church. Those given the title informally, prior to the establishment of the canonization process, are generally still considered both "saints" and "Saints." The Eastern Orthodox Churches, Assyrian Church of the East, Oriental Orthodox Churches, Anglican Communion and Lutheran Churches maintain liturgical calendars commemorating individuals they consider to have lived according to the will of God, although they do not so often or explicitly use the word "saint". "Canonization" in all of these groups is far less legalistic than is the Roman Catholic. Also, in these churches, lack of "official recognition" in no way, shape, or form, prevents someone from being a full-fledged Saint. This project will include within its scope those individuals formally recognized as saints or included in the liturgical calendars of one or more Christian denominations. Non-Christian Saints If there is an interest in including saints from religions other than Christianity, please propose those changes on our talk page and we can integrate them into the wikiproject. The parent of this WikiProject is the WikiProject Biography. ParticipantsFor the list of the participants and their specific interests -- or to add yourself to the list -- see our members page Helping out
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The following articles within the scope of this project have been selected by the Version 1.0 Editorial Team for inclusion in one or more release versions.
List suggestions for new articles, or articles to be translated from another Wiki, below:
--Polylerus 22:56, 25 July 2007 (UTC) Working on it. Thanks!
For suggestions and discussion about how to format and arrange articles on saint-related topics, see our style guidelines.
A cleanup listing for this project is available, updated by WolterBot. More information...
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