How did saint dominic grow in holiness during his life?
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You don't grow into holiness. Holiness is the act of giving everything to God and living like Christ.
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he let his facial hair grow
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well,  holy means to be clean,, so a person is to be morally clean,  spiritually clean, and physically clean.  \n\nSo being without a blemish is the aspect of what God is.  That is the requirement he expects out of his followers.  \n\nNot sure on what bible your translating from.
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I heard he was really pissed off at the church for allowing priests to accept indulgences, so he started HIS OWN CHURCH!\n\nNow THAT is rock and roll!
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The years 1300-1500, the Late Middle Ages, were a period of difficulty for the Roman Catholic Church.  The popes resided in Avignon, France for seventy years to escape political pressures in Italy, but the prophetic voices of St. Bridget of Sweden and St. Catherine of Siena urged reform and called the popes back to Rome.  A worse tragedy followed, however; the great schism of 1378 -1417 in which two and later three men claimed to be the legitimate pope.  The influence of the papacy was severely damaged.  Englishman John Wycliff and Czech John Hus furher challenged the Church's teaching authority.\n\nIn spite of this there were signs of spiritual awakening.  Catholic mysticism flourished in Holland, Germany, and England.  The modern devotion movement gave birth to 'The Imitation of Christ' and other spiritual classics.  St. Joan of Arc's visions brought victory to France, and in the East the prayer of the heart <hesychasm> ushered in new spiritual life.
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Kind of Hard to write all this. I will try to break it down in its simplest form. God is triune in His person. In his image man was made spirit,soul, body, triune. \nGod is Spirit.\nThe Holy Spirit dwells in the earth.\nJesus became a man. He was to do so from the beginning.\n\nSpirit is the true man.\nSoul is what makes you, you. Your soul is the catalyst between your spirit and your body.\nYour body is how you deal with the world of reality around you.\nWhen you are born again a new Spirit dwell within you Gods Spirit. Adam was made to walk in his Spirit nature when He fell he had to learn to walk in his flesh. \nWe are born in this flesh and must learn to walk by the new Spirit that dwell within us. Our Spirit man is made new but we must renew our mind (soul) in Christ daily. working out our salvation with fear and trembling... not of our spirit but our mind(soul) by being transformed to the image of Christ. there is a lot here but if you want to know more let me know email me......\nMessenger
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Jesus was a human being.  His divinity was bestowed upon him by the Catholic Church about 400 years after he died.
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Hi, we easily forget the division and discord that the devil sows among God`s peoples, and loves nothing more than setting one against the other and we keep falling into his trap.\nactually Luther had a genuine complaint back then and could have been revered as a great Catholic teacher,but he lost patience when his case was proceeding too slowly and tried to do things his way, as a Dominican Priest he well knew the right way to proceed with his case but impatience and anger caused the Pope to chastise him and this he could not take and so he openly rebelled and started the run up to the reformation.\nhad the vatican however been a little more sympathetic to Luther`s complaints then things might be very different today.
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According to Catholic Online, there is a St. Montanus.
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Yes, because he was perfect.  Disease and aging had no hold over Christ.  Had he not been murdered in some other fashion, he would still be living as a man on earth rather than a spirit in heaven.  Great question.
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Every human person is endowed with a spiritual soul, with intellect and with free will. Man is rational and therefore like God; he is created with free will and is master over his acts. \n\nGod created man in his image and established him in his friendship. A spiritual creature, man can live this friendship only in free submission to God. The prohibition against eating "of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil" spells this out: "for in the day that you eat of it, you shall die." The "tree of the knowledge of good and evil" symbolically evokes the insurmountable limits that man, being a creature, must freely recognize and respect with trust. Man is dependent on his Creator, and subject to the laws of creation and to the moral norms that govern the use of freedom. \n\nAlthough set by God in a state of rectitude man, enticed by the evil one, abused his freedom at the very start of history. Man, tempted by the devil, let his trust in his Creator die in his heart and, abusing his freedom, disobeyed God's command. He lifted himself up against God, and sought to attain his goal apart from him. By his sin Adam, as the first man, lost the original holiness and justice he had received from God, not only for himself but for all human beings.
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He probably had a larger 2nd growth spurt.  Males don't stop growing until their early to mid 20's.  So he just probably hit another growth spurt, which happened to be a big one.  And luckily he did, or he wouldn't be the greatest player as he is today.
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Yes, he studied for a degree in podiatry before entering the priesthood!
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To show their holiness to God
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Go to college,  go to seminary, become a priest,  work very hard for years and years.  Get appointed a Bishop by Rome.  You are then concecrated by three other Bishops.\n\nwww.unitycatholic.org
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He only has actual power within the limits of the Vatican.  However, being the absolute authority of the Catholic Church, he exerts great influence throughout the world.
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His mother died when he was quite young.  He was raised by another family until he was 13; after that, the local archbishop became his legal guardian until he became an adult.  That's probably why.\n\nHe is the patron saint of (among other people/things) adopted children.  \n\nBy the way, I had a baby at age 17 who I placed for adoption.  God bless you on your decision to adopt.