Woodward, 1996 — Making Saints: How the Catholic Church Determines Who Becomes a Saint, Who Doesn't, and Why
Documents the 1983 abolition of the advocatus diaboli role and the subsequent rise in canonization rates: a standing-adversary ritual removed and its correction function lost.
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Documents the 1983 abolition of the advocatus diaboli role and the subsequent rise in canonization rates: a standing-adversary ritual removed and its correction function lost.