Stigmata (Ancient Greek: στίγματα, plural of στίγμαstigma, 'mark, spot, brand'), in Catholicism, are bodily wounds, scars and pain which appear in locations corresponding to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus Christ: the hands, wrists, feet, near the heart, the head (from the crown of thorns), and back (from carrying the cross and scourging). [ 1 ]

6 天之前 · stigmata, in Christian mysticism, bodily marks, scars, or pains corresponding to those of the crucified Jesus Christ —that is, on the hands, on the feet, near the heart, and sometimes on the head (from the crown of thorns) or shoulders and back (from carrying the cross and scourging). They are often presumed to accompany religious ecstasy.

Stigmata (singular stigma) is a term used by members of the Christian faith to describe bodily marks, sores, or sensations of pain in locations corresponding to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus Christ, such as the hands, wrists, and feet.

2024年9月17日 · The stigmata, or the five wounds of Christ, are a blessing in disguise because it usually brings great physical and spiritual suffering to the person who bears it. The term comes from St. Paul’s Letter to the Galatians: “I bear the marks of Jesus on my body” (6:17).

The stigmata is the spontaneous appearance of the wound marks of our crucified Lord on a person’s body. These marks include the nail wounds at the feet and the hands, the lance wound at the side, the head wounds from the crown of thorns, and the scourge marks over the entire body, particularly the back.

The phenomenon of stigmata, or the spontaneous appearance of wounds resembling those inflicted on Jesus Christ during his crucifixion, has fascinated and mystified both the faithful and skeptics for centuries.

2011年11月18日 · Through the centuries, stigmata has become one of the best-documented, and most controversial, of mystical phenomena. The extensive record makes it possible to compare cases that occurred...

A person who spontaneously bears one or more of these wounds is called a “stigmatic.” Stigmatics are most commonly found in Christianity, particularly the Roman Catholic Church, although there have been documented cases elsewhere.

In the 19th and 20th centuries, stigmatics became celebrities, promoted in an increasingly media-focused age. As Professor Tine Van Osselaer shows, there was a market for photos or autographs of stigmatics, whose bloodied clothes might be treated as relics.

In the ancient Greco-Roman world, stigmata were the brand marks inflicted on slaves by their owners. The term is today most often associated with Christianity and refers to physical wounds, similar to those inflicted on Jesus of Nazareth during his crucifixion, that appear spontaneously on the body of a believer.