Bible Encyclopedias
Blessed
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
is a title given by the Church alone, and to persons who die in holiness. No individual bishop can give this title, which is granted in the Church of Rome only after a kind of proof, real or supposed, of the virtues and miracles of the person to whom it is given,
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Bibliography Information
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Blessed'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​b/blessed.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.