ArchivedCatholic Church :: Praying to Saints????RomeSweetHome wrote:Webmaster Wrote
This chapter must begin by defining the word "saint." Catholicism teaches that a saint is one of a select few who, because of good works while alive, is declared a saint after death:
Actually The Catholic Church regards every believer a Saint, but canonizes those Saints that have lived extraordinary lives.
its as Simple as that.
And I suppose 2 Maccabees is your proof? Explain this to me: Ps 146:1-4
Praise the LORD!
Praise the LORD, O my soul!
2 I will praise the LORD while I live;
I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
3 Do not trust in princes,
In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation.
4 His spirit departs, he returns to the earth;
In that very day his thoughts perish. NAS
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