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	stigmata
		The stigmata are wounds believed to duplicate the wounds of Christ's crucifixion that appear on the hands and feet, and sometimes on the side and head, of a person.
		The fact that the stigmata appear differently on its victims is strong evidence that the wounds are not genuinely miraculous (Wilson).
		No case of stigmata is known to have occurred before the thirteenth century,* when the crucified Jesus became a standard icon of Christianity in the west.
	www.skepdic.com /stigmata.html (714 words)

	stigmata
		The stigmata are wounds believed to duplicate the wounds of Christ's crucifixion that appear on the hands and feet, and sometimes on the side and head, of a person.
		The fact that the stigmata appear differently on its victims is strong evidence that the wounds are not genuinely miraculous (Wilson).
		No case of stigmata is known to have occurred before the thirteenth century,* when the crucified Jesus became a standard icon of Christianity in the west.
	skepdic.com /stigmata.html (714 words)

	Stigmata (1999) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Stigmata's depthful plot revolves around Frankie Paige (Patricia Arquette), a 23 year old, Atheist hipster, whom after receiving Rosary Beads that belonged to a now deceased priest from her mother in Brazil, is inflicted with the wounds of Christ, a.k.a.
		Stigmata's cleverness is only somewhat derived from films such as "The Exorcist " or "The Omen", as Stigmata's alternate world is something so original and haunting, the film itself will stand as a representation of 90's horror films.
		Stigmata's religious themes are so strong and convincing, and the message from the film is so inspirational, and true, some may question their own religious practices.
	members.aol.com /DeWyNGaLe/Stigmata.html (880 words)

	Stigmata
		In the movie Stigmata, a strange mixture of stigmata, exorcism, the intrigues of the Vatican and the suppression of secret documents are all mingled into one, to come up with an explosive story.
		The first mentioned is St. Francis of Assisi, in whom the stigmata were of a character never seen subsequently; in the wounds of feet and hands were excrescences of flesh representing nails, those on one side having round back heads, those on the other having rather long points, which bent back and grasped the skin.
		Furthermore, she is not a genuine stigmatic; the stigmata are a side result of her possession by the soul of a priest, whose possession has been induced in her by a magical charm.
	www.philipcoppens.com /stigmata.html (1613 words)

	Stigmata - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
		When a deity inflicts stigmata on a human — also referred to as nailing her — the human manifests the wounds of Jesus on the cross.
		Thus, stigmata are classified as miracles even though most of the time when an invisible force makes blood leak out of your appendages it is considered a curse, or possibly even a plague.
		The first recorded stigmata were experienced in 1222 by a man in England named Stephen Langton, though scientists now believe that he had merely been infected by an alien parasite which was menstruating through his wrists.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Stigmata (587 words)

	Stigmata Information
		Stigmata are bodily marks, sores, or sensations of pain in locations corresponding to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus Christ.
		Stigmata are primarily associated with the Roman Catholic faith.
		Stigmata have continued to be reported since, with over three hundred cases by the end of the 19th century.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Stigmata (1468 words)

	Stigmata - Crystalinks
		Stigmata is spontaneous manifestation of bloody wounds on a person's hands, feet, forehead and back - similar to the wounds of the crucified Jesus.
		Stigmata was more recently experienced by Brother Roque (19681996); a novice in the order of Los Hijos de Los Hijos de La Madre de Dios (The Sons of the Sons of the Mother of God in Villavicencio, Colombia; and Canadian Lilian Bernas who began claiming to exhibit stigmata in 1992.
		His thesis is that stigmata result from exceptional poignancy of religious faith and desire to associate oneself with the suffering Christ.
	www.crystalinks.com /stigmata.html (1229 words)

	Stigmata (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The blood pouring from the wounds of stigmata is considered literally being the blood of Christ and may therefore be of a different type than the person who is experiencing the phenomenon.
		Stigmata is usually accompanied by several other supernatural phenomena, including the powers of prophecy and healing, bilocation (being in two places simultaneously), levitation, and very often inedia (the ability to forgo nourishment).
		Another report mentions a nun who, as she was threatened with death by the swords of the enemy soldiers, was so terrified that she bled from every part of her body and died of hemorrhage in the sight of her assailants.
	www.livingmiracles.net /Stigmata.html (8213 words)

	stigmata
		According to Stigmata, a luridly "sacrilegious" horror movie, the Catholic Church is responsible for the biggest cover-up this side of Dealey Plaza.
		Stigmata tries hard not to be a stodgy, old-school religious horror flick (like, say, The Omen or The Exorcist); no, it's way hipper than that -- it hypes itself like a Mixmaster-MTV floor show in a rave club (sometimes literally).
		Stigmata does most of its work with woozy flash-cuts; at times, I thought I was watching Jacob's Ladder 2, complete with a freak-out scene on the dance floor.
	www.angelfire.com /movies/oc/stigmata.html (870 words)

	Catholic Online - Saints & Angels - Stigmata
		The sufferings may be considered the essential part of visible stigmata; the substance of this grace consists of pity for Christ, participation in His sufferings, sorrows, and for the same end--the expiation of the sins unceasingly committed in the world.
		The first mentioned is St. Francis of Assisi, in whom the stigmata were of a character never seen subsequently; in the wounds of feet and hands were excrescences of flesh representing nails, those on one side having round back heads, those on the other having rather long points, which bent back and grasped the skin.
		The fact is attested by a number of contemporary historians, and the feast of the Stigmata of St. Francis is kept on 17 September.
	www.catholic.org /saints/stigmata.php (1819 words)

	CathAnswers/Stigmata
		Francis received his painful stigmata, where his skin allegedly bunched up over his wounds to take on the form of the nails of the crucifixion, after a statue of the suffering Christ hanging on a cross took on life and spoke to him, according to published literature from one of EWTN’s television series.
		I know the stigmata, the wounds on the hands and the feet and the side and around the top of the head, have appeared in the lives of many Christian saints, and therefore it would be very difficult to say that it was demonic.
		The psychological profession would write off cases of the stigmata as mere manifestations of auto-suggestion while the victims were in self-induced hypnotic trances while contemplating crucifixes.
	www.cultlink.com /CathAnswers/Stigmata.htm (1784 words)

	Another Roadside Attractions
		Catherine of Siena at first had visible stigmata but through humility she asked that they might be made invisible, and her prayer was heard.
		The sufferings may be considered the essential part of visible stigmata; the substance of this grace consists of pity for Christ, participation in His sufferings, sorrows, and for the same end--the expiation of the sins unceasingly committed in the world.
		Catherine of Siena as noted had visible stigmata but through humility she asked that they might be made invisible, and her prayer was heard.
	groups.msn.com /AnotherRoadsideAttractions/yourwebpage6.msnw (1171 words)

	Review: Stigmata
		Stigmata are bleeding injuries that represent the five wounds received by Jesus when he was crucified: nails through the wrists & feet, lashes on the back, scratches on the scalp from the crown of thorns, and a spear through the side.
		The phenomena of stigmata is neither well understood nor extensively studied, but those afflicted with it are invariably deeply religious and view their condition as a gift of God.
		Yet Stigmata is not an attack; it does not hurl cruel or thoughtless barbs at Catholicism, and its view of religion in general and Christianity in particular is almost reverent.
	www.reelviews.net /movies/s/stigmata.html (941 words)

	STIGMATA
		Those so afflicted (called "stigmatists") developed injuries on their hands, wrists, and feet where the nails were driven in, on the sides where the spear had penetrated, on shoulders and back where the scourging had ripped the skin, and sometimes on the forehead where the crown of thorns had been placed.
		If stigmata are intended by Him to inspire and encourage the faithful, it is puzzling that for the first 12 centuries there were only a handful of occurences.
		Besides having pain (called "inner stigmata") in his wrists, feet, and side, his wrists bled profusely at least once; this was witnessed by his church supervisor.
	www.workersforjesus.com /stigmata.htm (1584 words)

	DVD Review - Stigmata (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Stigmata: Marks or sores corresponding to and resembling the crucifixion wounds of Jesus.
		"Stigmata" is a horror movie with a strong religious current, a subgenre that has been dormant for a while, when it gave way to modern day effects spectacles and the more recent teenage slasher flicks.
		A few days later she is being flogged by an unseen force on a subway train in front of the eyes of numerous passengers who watch in horror as her clothes are shredded to pieces, revealing the bloody wounds.
	www.dvdreview.com /fullreviews/stigmata.shtml (1394 words)

	Is Stigmata for Real? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In a religious context, stigmata are the wounds of Christ's hands, feet, forehead, and side that mysteriously appear on someone else.
		In this case, however, the wounds in the hands of this person are actually in the wrists rather than in the palms, giving rise to the notion that Jesus may have been attached to the cross through the wrists.
		If this were the case, some believe the stigmata should reflect this, but to date, only one stigmatic has demonstrated wounds on his wrists, and this by a modern stigmatic in Rome (Brother Gino Burresi).
	www.bktb.com /columns/stigmata.html (614 words)

	Definition of Stigmata (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Stigmata refers to wounds that appear in a chosen person that are thought to represent the sufferings of Jesus Christ.
		Invisible stigmata is when "a stigmatist bears all or part of our Lord's sufferings and wounds intensely though invisibly in his/her body or soul." Therefore, the stigmatist describes an intense pain through their body, but no visible wounds appear.
		Visible stigmata is when the wounds appear throughout the body of the stigmatist.
	www.southwestern.edu /ACS/latin/team16/page2.htm (365 words)

	Blood, Gender and Power in Christianity and Judaism
		There are instances of "invisible stigmata," stigmata where there are no visible signs; all that is present is the suffering associated with stigmata.
		Stigmata is evidence that women can associate and relate to Christ in an extremely real way and are in no way hindered by any gender gap.
		Stigmata is one of the closest relationships possible with Jesus and it has been experienced primarily by women.
	www2.kenyon.edu /Depts/Religion/Projects/Reln91/Blood/Christianity/stigmata.htm (1941 words)

	TXReviews » Blog Archive » Stigmata
		The problem with Stigmata is that it doesn’t have any sense of humor to balance out the sheer overwhelming preposterousness of the story.
		Stigmata is not a bad movie, in the sense of having bad acting or production values or a lifeless, boring script.
		Stigmata is a trashy, violent, witless movie, beset with a deeply confused notion of the supernatural and a defiantly dumb ending.
	www.txreviews.com /movies/stigmata.html (830 words)

	Stigmata
		Stigmata are the wound that occur in very devout Catholics that resemble the wounds of Christ when he was crucified.
		Stigmata begins in South America, with Kiernan investigating a bleeding statue of the Virgin Mary.
		Many of the issues raised in Stigmata have at one time been relevant issues in the Church, though one of the larger ones is a moot point for the Protestant church.
	haro-online.com /movies/stigmata.html (597 words)

	EI > Reviews > Stigmata (1999)
		The stigmata are five different wounds identical to those on the body of Christ that have historically appeared on deeply devoted individuals, but Frankie is a self-confessed atheist, and so Kiernan is even more intrigued -- something else has got to be causing these stigmatic attacks.
		The stigmata themselves are not the movie's primary concern but rather a very visual way of manifesting a sort of possession that Frankie undergoes.
		The true focus of the movie is pushed to the back in a subplot involving a forbidden text supposed by translators to be the actual words of Christ; also of interest is a vague romantic subtlety that develops, against the vows of the collar, between Kiernan and Frankie.
	www.einsiders.com /reviews/archives/stigmata.php (625 words)

	Stigmata
		Stigmata is a controversial movie directed by Rupert Wainwright that premiered in 1999.
		It follows the conflict between Frankie, an atheist Pittsburgh hairdresser played by Patricia Arquette who exhibits true stigmata and Father Kiernan (played by Gabriel Byrne), an ordained priest who, as part of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints, investigates miracles for the Vatican.
		Kiernan finds that Frankie does in fact have stigmata, which leads to a more important finding: the archaeological discovery of new gospels in the Negev Desert, Israel.
	www.cswap.com /1999/Stigmata (227 words)

	The film Stigmata & the Challenge of Conceptualizing Women as Spiritual Agents By: Miranda Morris
		After being afflicted with the first of the wounds of the stigmata, Frankie is asked by a doctor whether she is under any stress at work.
		And on another level, the unwillingness of the Stigmata filmmakers to legitimate Frankie's experience of the Holy Spirit outside of her possession by a holy man is indicative of the same forces that prevented the Ngarrindjeri women from winning the land rights battle in Australia.
		Stigmata is another example in a long history of cultural texts that re-inscribe that same binary of women being the passive material vessels and men being the active spiritual agents.
	www.gwu.edu /~medusa/stigmata.html (3224 words)

	What is the Stigmata?
		Accordingly, since the stigmata is a sign of union with our crucified Lord, the genuine stigmatic must have lived a life of heroic virtue, have endured physical and moral suffering, and have almost always achieved the level of ecstatic union with Him in prayer.
		The wound marks themselves of the genuine stigmata are also distinct from any arising from some pathology: The genuine stigmata conforms to the wounds of our Lord, whereas those of a pathological nature would emerge at random on the body.
		The blood flow from a genuine stigmata can be great at times without harm to the person, whereas that of a pathological nature would seriously weaken a person and require a blood transfusion.
	catholiceducation.org /articles/religion/re0108.html (1128 words)

	Stigmata (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The stigmata correspond to the wounds of Jesus Christ in the Christian tradition when he was crucified on the cross for the sins of the world.
		The full stigmata of Jesus Christ include the agony of sweating blood at Gethsemane (Luke 22:39-45) the scourging, crowning of thorns, beating, shoulder wounds from carrying the cross, and the Five wounds of the crucifixion, including the nails in his wrists and feet and his side pierced with a spear (John 19:1-36).
		Stigmata are difficult to explain because no natural explanations have been found for this phenomenon.
	home.wlu.edu /~lubint/Touchstone/Stigmata-Hope.htm (2826 words)

	Stigmata
		It seems historically certain that ecstatics alone bear the stigmata; moreover, they have visions which correspond to their rle of co-sufferers, beholding from time to time the blood-stained scenes of the Passion.
		The fact is attested by a number of contemporary historians, and the feast of the Stigmata of St. Francis is kept on 17 September.
		To sum up, there is only one means of proving scientifically that the imagination, that is auto-suggestion, may produce stigmata: instead of hypothesis, analogous facts in the natural order must be produced, namely wounds produced apart from a religious idea.
	strangegr.tripod.com /strangeandparanormalactivities/id31.html (2536 words)

	"Stigmata" / a review from Christian Spotlight on the Movies
		Stigmata is a movie that blends Christian Mysticism with Narcissistic Cynicism: resulting in a movie which glorifies Satan more than it glorifies God.
		Stigmata is about a hairdresser named Paige who, although she is a self-proclaimed atheist, begins to manifest stigmata, the wounds of Christ.
		A priest whose job is essentially to debunk miracles is sent to investigate her condition, discovering the validity of her situation, as well as a cover up by the Vatican to suppress a new gospel which has been found and translated.
	www.christiananswers.net /spotlight/movies/pre2000/i-stigmata.html (2500 words)

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