VIRTUALLY ST. VIRTUAL.It's just another Internet-spread rumor, says the Roman Catholic Church Roman Catholic Church, Christian church headed by the pope, the bishop of Rome (see papacy and Peter, Saint). Its commonest title in official use is Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. . St. Isidore of Seville Is·i·dore of Seville , Saint 560?-636. Spanish scholar and ecclesiastic. He wrote the encyclopedia Etymologiae, an important reference work throughout the Middle Ages. has not been named the patron saint patron saint Saint to whose protection and intercession a person, society, church, place, profession, or activity is dedicated. The choice is usually made on the basis of some real or presumed relationship (e.g., St. of then Internet and computing, as has been the online buzz since the beginning of the year. A scholar and bishop, Isidore wrote the Etymologiae, a vast encyclopedia of Christian learning in the Seventh Century that was used for the next 900 years. Church officials say no request has been made to the Vatican, the world's official sanctifying body for sainthood, to name Isidore the blessed protector of the online world. Any drive for such recognition must be blessed by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments. Are these guys cloistered? The Internet has already decentralized de·cen·tral·ize v. de·cen·tral·ized, de·cen·tral·iz·ing, de·cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To distribute the administrative functions or powers of (a central authority) among several local authorities. governments and businesses, why not religions? Backing for Isidore is especially fervent in his hometown and the popular groundswell ground·swell n. 1. A sudden gathering of force, as of public opinion: a groundswell of antiwar sentiment. 2. may well catch the attention of the Church. After all, the Internet already has a Lucifer character--Bill Gates--in the minds of many. Time for some divine intervention. |
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