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Stigmata - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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One of the latest to be added to the list of alleged stigmatics is Audrey Santo, a child who has been in a coma since 1987 when she was three years old. What kind of people are inspired by the concept of a God who would render a child comatose and then inflict wounds on her?
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There have been over 500 reported stigmatics who have displayed wounds similar to those inflicted upon Jesus. The first recorded case of these wounds was in the year 1222, by a man named Stephen Langton of England.
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; Those who received the marks suffered by Christ in his crucifixion are called stigmatists. Approximately 300 have been recorded, 90% of them women. ... stigmatics.html ... top of page...
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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Stigmatics. Stigmatics. Information about Stigmatics in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. ... (redirected from Stigmatics)
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For over 750 years already some Christians have stigmata on their bodies as symbols of Christ's sufferings. The Greek word 'stigma' means 'wound.' Stigmata ... Saint Francis of Assisi is believed the first man who ever had stigma. ... However, some experts insist that the first evidence of stigma belongs to an earlier epoch,
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"The medieval mystics inflicted pain on themselvesto find relief from the psychic pain of severe trauma." ... "Children who become attached to parents who neglect, hurt, or abuse them also become attached to the physical and emotional pain they have experienced at their hands." ... "Basic to every perversion,
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