Canonization vs. Beatification

Canonizationnoun

(Christianity) The final process or decree (following beatification) by which the name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue (canon) of saints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation.

Canonizationnoun

The state of being canonized or sainted.

Canonizationnoun

The final process or decree (following beatifacation) by which the name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue (canon) of saints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation.

Canonizationnoun

The state of being canonized or sainted.

Canonizationnoun

(Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints

Canonization

Canonization is the declaration of a deceased person as an officially recognized saint, specifically, the official act of a Christian communion declaring a person worthy of public cult and entering their name in the canon, or authorized list, of that communion's recognized saints.

Beatificationnoun

The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; especially, in the Roman Catholic Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased person is one of "the blessed," or has attained the second degree of sanctity, — usually a stage in the process of canonization.

Beatificationnoun

The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; esp., in the R. C. Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased person is one of "the blessed," or has attained the second degree of sanctity, - usually a stage in the process of canonization.

Beatificationnoun

a state of supreme happiness

Beatificationnoun

the action of rendering supremely blessed and extremely happy

Beatificationnoun

(Roman Catholic Church) an act of the Pope who declares that a deceased person lived a holy life and is worthy of public veneration; a first step toward canonization

Beatification

Beatification (from Latin beatus, and facere, Blesseda BlessedBlesseds".