By biblical defenition who is a saint?

Question

Because from my biblical knowledge on the bible its anyone who has been born again of the water and the spirit is a saint...so why are only dead catholics considered saints?

Answer 1

The word "saint" in the greek is the noun form of the root word that is translated "holy" in its verb form.

Technically, a "saint" is someone who has been "holy-fied".

That would be any Christian walking in the righteousness of Christ.

Answer 2

Saint and Holy in the new testament come from the same greek word. All those redeemed by the blood of the Lamb are Saints. Those that have died and gone to heaven are praying for us on earth. All saints go to heaven. This is the first resurrection that started when Jesus raised from the dead.

The catholic will call someone a saint by what accomplishments were visible during their life on earth. Man can not always tell who are true Christians, so they set up some rules to call someone a Saint. It is man's exaltation associated to pride.

God knows everyone born of the spirit, from the newborn to the mature in Christ. Each one is clean & special in God's eye. We are the apple of His eye. It is commanded that we realize that we are to be Holy / Saints because He is Holy, and He is God, our Father, the Son & Holy Spirit.

It is His Blood that has redeemed us. By His blood are sins are washed away. By His blood we are made Holy / Saints. Part of being Holy is washing in His Word, renewing our minds & our spirits in His Holy Spirit.

Answer 3

Catholics have a different definition of what it means to be a saint but the Bible clearly refers to all followers of Christ saints especially in Paul's epistles.
i.e. Romans 15:25 "Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem in the service of the saints there."

Answer 4

In the view of Catholics: Being a "saint" is an office you can hold after you die. Its kinda like an angel that people pray to your for things and they help you. Typical apostate catholic beliefs.....

In the view of Christians: Being a saint is precisely what you stated in your details. The Bible describes us believers as saints, preists, and ministers!

Answer 5

Your right, the bible refers to those who have been baptized and were members of the early Christian church. I don't know why the Catholic church altered that, but I think they noted the good qualities of a saint listed in the Bible and decided to make that word a compliment for the particularly deserving, rather than a name for all members.

Answer 6

In the Bible the ones refered to as saints are- The Patriarchs, the Prophets, and then any one Martyred in the name of The Christ Jesus. Then all of the exalted who will be resurected who have been granted power over the second death.

Answer 7

Because the Catholics for some reason feel they need to make rules and rituals that are unessary...Like the confession thing, I don't need to confess to man my sins, that is what Jesus is for. I talk to God directly. As for the saints, the Catholics say you have to be dead before your a saint...like Joan of Arc

Answer 8

The Encyclopædia Britannica says that “during the first three centuries of the Christian Church, . . . there was no Christian art, and the church generally resisted it with all its might. Clement of Alexandria, for example, criticized religious (pagan) art in that it encouraged people to worship that which is created rather than the Creator.”

How, then, did the use of icons become so popular? The Britannica continues: “About the mid-3rd century an incipient pictorial art began to be used and accepted in the Christian Church but not without fervent opposition in some congregations. Only when the Christian Church became the Roman imperial church under Emperor Constantine in the early 4th century were pictures used in the churches, and they then began to strike roots in Christian popular religiosity.”

A common practice among the stream of pagans who now began to declare themselves Christians was the worship of portraits of the emperor. “In accordance with the cult of the emperor,” explains John Taylor in his book Icon Painting, “people worshipped his portrait painted on canvas or wood, and from thence to the veneration of icons was a small step.” Thus pagan worship of pictures was replaced by the veneration of pictures of Jesus, Mary, angels, and “saints.” These pictures that started to be used in the churches gradually found their way into the homes of millions of people, being venerated there as well.

Generally, a religious icon is a representation or symbol venerated by members of a particular religion. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, for example, some are representations of Christ; others represent the Trinity, “saints,” angels or, as in the case mentioned above, Mary the mother of Jesus. Millions of people have a reverence for icons that resembles the attitude that many have toward images used in worship. Certain religions that do not claim to be Christian hold similar beliefs and feelings toward icons and images of their deities.

I must also note that God does not approve of worshiping idols.
For example, the apostle John admonished Christians: “Guard yourselves from idols.” (1 John 5:21) Paul wrote to the Corinthians: “What agreement does God’s temple have with idols?” (2 Corinthians 6:16) Many early Christians had formerly used religious images in worship. Paul reminded Christians in Thessalonica of this when he wrote: “You turned to God from your idols to slave for a living and true God.” (1 Thessalonians 1:9) Clearly, those Christians would have had the same view of icons as John and Paul did.

Answer 9

In Catholicism, we believe that anyone who is in heaven is a saint. There are also those who are formally recognized by the church as saints by the way they have lead an exemplary life.

Answer 10

Actually, all believers.

Actually, those declare saint in the traditions, are some who's services are significants. Biblically, all are saint.

Err. . . may i say, not all Catholic are like that, many now believe in Justification by faith.