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Hello everyone and welcome to a special edition or mini series of Catholic saints.

We are talking about kind of the most fundamental matter when we're talking about Catholic saints.

What makes a saint?

And then we're also going to talk about the angels.

So we're going to be talking about some things in this episode that are certainly

standalone, need no assistance from other episodes. And then this will also be part of a,

a series. So today, uh, I am with Dr. Elizabeth Klein. Dr. Klein, it's great to see you again.

Thanks for having me. It is a joy to have you. Uh, Dr. Klein, you are a professor of theology here

at the Augustine Institute. Do you have any classes that you're teaching at the moment? I am teaching history in the ancient and medieval

world and mystigoji, also known as the sacraments. Also known as the sacraments. That's very exciting.

If anyone out there has ever been curious about our graduate school of theology, which we have here, which Dr. Klein is a faculty member of.

You can just Google the Augustin Institute Graduate School of Theology. They have sample lectures. Go check it out. I went through the school. It is wonderful. I had Dr. Klein as a teacher.

So it is a joy to talk to you again on Formed for Catholic Saints. Yeah, so thanks for having me. I mean,

this is a topic that's kind of near and dear to my heart because I wrote my dissertation on the

angels, angels in the thought of St. Augustine. And I recently wrote a book on Saints and Angels

that will be coming out November 10th. You did. So you may be watching or listening to this

episode before the book comes out or after. You did. So you may be watching or listening to this episode before the book comes out

or after. Either way, there is a link in the description for this episode where you can pre-order the book

if you happen to be listening before it is released. And I'm sure that page will be updated to just simply

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