why was joan of arc declared saint by a catholic church?
2007-09-17 23:39:28 · 11 answers · asked by Elliot C 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
After they had burnt her, the felt bad and decided to worship her instead. Oh I don't know. Does anything that church do make any sense?
2007-09-17 23:43:14 · answer #1 · answered by Starjumper the R&S Cow 7 · 3⤊ 3⤋
She was tried and executed for heresy when she was only 19 years old. The judgment was broken by the Pope and she was declared innocent and a martyr 24 years later. She was beatified in 1909 and canonized as a saint in 1920.[2]
Joan asserted that she had visions from God which told her to recover her homeland from English domination late in the Hundred Years' War. The uncrowned King Charles VII sent her to the siege at Orléans as part of a relief mission. She gained prominence when she overcame the dismissive attitude of veteran commanders and lifted the siege in only nine days. Several more swift victories led to Charles VII's coronation at Reims and settled the disputed succession to the throne.
I hope it helps!
2007-09-17 23:48:54 · answer #2 · answered by Rhonnie 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Because the Catholic Church needed to butter up the French at the time, as the French were their richest and most powerful group. So they declare a crazy French nationalist a saint. The English weren't Catholics anymore, so who'd care if they were offended?
2007-09-17 23:44:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
She was considered to be "led by God."...BUT, the best time to know a saint is when they are alive... and the Church never declares a saint when they are alive. So in that sense it is a useless practice of hero worship.
2007-09-17 23:52:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
She was mentally ill, that's a pretty good way to get sainted by the Catholic Church.
How else are we to explain the voices she heard in her head but as being schizophrenia?
There's also a low standard of proof required of the 'miracles' (which allows pretty much anything, even if there's a non-miraculous explanation to pass for a miracle).
2007-09-17 23:50:21 · answer #5 · answered by bestonnet_00 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
She was praying God every week and God answered to her several times, in fact he's been guiding her all her life. She was virgin and pure like an angel. And she's been buried because of her faith and became a martyre.
2007-09-17 23:56:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
There must be authentic miracles
and thorough investigation from the Catholic Church.
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2007-09-18 00:15:23 · answer #7 · answered by jerriel 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes she was, she was a martyr. She was burnt alive for her faith.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_of_Arc
2007-09-17 23:42:24 · answer #8 · answered by marie 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Cause she had to endure inquisition. She was a martyr
2007-09-17 23:49:38 · answer #9 · answered by larissa 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Well she was dead and therefore no threat to the church any longer.
2007-09-17 23:45:36 · answer #10 · answered by Micheal M 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋