ArchivedCatholic Church :: Praying to Saints????SPOKENWORD Wrote Are you kidding me? Geez Read both mine and Aienos posts and you will see that Saint means Holy, is the Devil holy? No! he is a fallen angel. To answer your Question the devil is not a saint because he is not Holy. Aieno Wrote The Bible doesn't tell us anywhere to pray to God the Holy Spirit, does this mean that it is wrong to pray to Him? Sacred Scripture does, however, contain invocations of the holy angels of God in the Book of Psalms (Ps 103:20-21; 148:1-2). Since God intends for us to pray these Psalms, there must be nothing wrong with believers on earth addressing the holy angels in Heaven. So if we followed "the Bible alone" on this matter, we would pray only to to God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the holy angels - but not to God the Holy Spirit! There's something rather odd and unbalanced about that arrangement; we can address two Persons of the Trinity and some of God's creatures, but not the Third Divine Person - even though He is co-equal to the Father and the Son and infinitely greater than the angels? Strange indeed! Of course, the Bible itself never claims to be the sole authority on matters of faith, so we need not follow "the Bible alone" on this or any matter. Sacred Tradition and Church history tell us that the early Christians addressed all Three Persons of the Trinity in prayer (no imbalance here), plus the holy angels and saints in Heaven. So the Catholic Church simply continues to do what she has always done from the beginning. Peace |
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