Theological Word of the Day – Hagiography

 
[hag’-ee-aw‘-gruh-fee, also hay’-jee-aw‘-gruh-fee]
(Greek hagio, “saint” + Greek graphe, “writing”)
Hagiography refers to a writing about a saint who is revered in the Christian community. The early centuries of the church saw glorified biographies written to honor those saints who had died a martyr’s death. The term also has a pejorative nuance describing those who write biased [...]

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