Supernatural

===Christian theology===
[[File:San Giuseppe di Copertino 18th century engraving.jpg|thumb|upright|The [[patron saint]] of air travelers, aviators, astronauts, people with a mental handicap, test takers, and poor students is [[Saint Joseph of Cupertino]], who is said to have been gifted with [[Saints and levitation|supernatural flight]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Pastrovicchi |first=Angelo |title=St. Joseph of Copertino |editor=Rev. Francis S. Laing |publisher=B.Herder |location=St. Louis |year=1918 |page=iv |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nnc1.cr60937475;seq=18;view=1up;num=iv |isbn=978-0-89555-135-1 |access-date=2013-02-26 |archive-date=2021-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502053937/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nnc1.cr60937475;seq=18;view=1up;num=iv |url-status=live }}</ref>]] 
{{Main|Supernatural order}}
In [[Catholic theology]], the supernatural order is, according to [[New Advent]], defined as "the ensemble of effects exceeding the powers of the created universe and gratuitously produced by God for the purpose of raising the rational creature above its native sphere to a God-like life and destiny."<ref name=NA>{{cite web|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14336b.htm|title=Supernatural Order|last=Sollier|first=J.|publisher=Robert Appleton Company|access-date=2008-09-11|archive-date=2008-09-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914133738/http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14336b.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The ''Modern Catholic Dictionary'' defines it as "the sum total of heavenly destiny and all the divinely established means of reaching that destiny, which surpass the mere powers and capacities of human nature."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/dictionary/index.cfm?id=36719|title=Supernatural Order|last=Hardon|first=Fr. John|publisher=Eternal Life|access-date=2008-09-15|archive-date=2011-06-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610122131/http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/dictionary/index.cfm?id=36719|url-status=live}}</ref>