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The Succession of Christ

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The Saints

According to the Gospel of St Matthew’s the work of the Apostles and saints is seen as a direct succession of Christ. The Roman Church, too, saw itself in this tradition. The worship of the saints was thus legitimised. The veneration of the saints became immensely popular in the late Middle Ages. The dramatic realism used in many illustrations rendered the saints as contemporaries.