The true origin of canonization and beatification must be sought in the Catholic doctrine of the worship (cultus), invocation, and intercession of the saints. As was taught by St. Augustine (Quaest. in Heptateuch., lib.
Some of the Lenape lived in large villages of two to three hundred people, but most of them lived in small bands of 25 to 50 people. 1  Families were important to the Lenape Indians. 2  The Lenape had three clans (or phratries) â Wolf, Turtle and Turkey â which traced their descent through the female line.
In 1992, the church had 128,000 members; today, more than double that, with an estimated population of 282,000. The Pennsylvania numbers fell, particularly in Lancaster County, home to the country's second-largest Amish settlement, largely because the community outgrew the region, Kraybill and Nolt said.