Exactly how many saints are there in Christianity? What are they exactly? Angels? Demi gods? Ghosts?

Question

I heard there were more than 10,000 saints. Apparently there is even one for computer viruses. Are there different computer virus saints for Mac and PC OSs? If so, the Mac saint is doing a much better job than the PC one because Macs never get viruses. Can we ask the Pope to appoint a better saint to protect PCs?

Answer 1

Good point, but what if the Pope doesn't like your computer? Best wishes to you.

Answer 2

Well, I don't know how many saints there are, but I know what they are. Saints, at least in the Catholic Church, are people who have devoted their lives to God with a fervor. To be canonized (made a saint), you have to have miracles happen around you while you were alive, and then some related to you after you were dead. I don't really know the whole process, but when you are canonized, then you kinda pick up the "saint of such and such" title based on stuff that happened in your life. For example, my patron saint (here meaning the saint I was confirmed with) is St. Dymphna. She is a martyr and was killed by her own father, so she is the patron saint (here meaning the protector and general person to intercede for with) of the insane because her father was surely insane when he murdered his own daughter. People say that Catholics worship saints, but that is not true. You pray to the saints to intercede for you with god (basically, you get a lot more voice in your prayer) for things that fall under their patronage. Catholics do not worship saints, we ask them to pray for us, to give us extra help. If you read a prayer to a saint, generally somewhere in it it will say, "St. Whoever, pray for us/it/them/etc.". The stuff about the Mac and the PC just sounds kinda stupid, but I hope you meant this as a serious question.

Answer 3

There is not a Saint for computer viruses. I don't know how many Saints there are but, Scripture tells us there are people standing in white robes as far as the eye can see. That's alot. There are specific people though who through a Sanctified life have exhibited extraordinary Holiness that we can be sure are in Heaven because of miracles done through their intercession. There are too many to name but there are lots.

Answer 4

Saints are not Angels, Demi- Gods or Ghosts.No supreme
being is watching over a computer.The Pope is a mortal man and has no powers.

Answer 5

A saint is a person religious or not religious who has had direct communication from God, a person who has spoken to the Lord and has taken Gods direction. There are many saints such as Francis of Assisi, he grew up in a very wealthy family. God told to rebuild his church, and he gave up his family to follow the Lord request. I hope this ha shelped you

Answer 6

All Christians are saints by definition in the Bible. In the Catholic church, there are several saints. No, they weren't demi-gods or angels...just saints. I don't know how the Catholic church made them to be divine, though.

Answer 7

There are roughly 6.02 x 10^23 saints.

Answer 8

If you are asking how many people Catholicism has "sainted" by their definition, I do not know. Somewhere around 10, 000 sounds like a number I've heard before as well.

Here is some information regarding saints, as the Bible itself refers to them.

Oh, and I think your joke is funny, by the way. But I answer the serious religious questions better. So, here's some information you, or someone else who reads your question might find informative and interesting:

Saints

Definition: According to Roman Catholic teaching, saints are those who died and are now with Christ in heaven and who have been given recognition by the Church for outstanding holiness and virtue. The Tridentine profession of faith states that the saints are to be invoked as intercessors with God and that both the relics of saints and images of the saints are to be venerated. Other religions, too, invoke the help of saints. Certain religions teach that all of their members are saints and are free from sin. The Bible makes many references to saints, or holy ones. It refers to Christ’s 144,000 spirit-anointed followers as being such.

2 Cor. 1:1; 13:12, JB: “From Paul, appointed by God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and from Timothy, one of the brothers, to the church of God at Corinth and to all the saints [ha·gi´ois] in the whole of Achaia.” “Greet one another with the holy kiss. All the saints send you greetings.” (All these early Christians who were cleansed by the blood of Christ and set apart for God’s service as prospective joint heirs with Christ were referred to as saints, or holy ones. Recognition of their being saints was obviously not deferred until after they had died.)

Might all the members of a religious group be saints and thus free from sin?

It certainly was true that all who made up the first-century Christian congregation were saints. (1 Cor. 14:33, 34; 2 Cor. 1:1; 13:13, RS, KJ) They are described as ones that received “forgiveness of sins” and were “sanctified” by God. (Acts 26:18; 1 Cor. 1:2, RS, KJ) Nevertheless, they did not claim to be free from all sin. They were born as descendants of the sinner Adam. This inheritance often made it a struggle for them to do what was right, as the apostle Paul humbly acknowledged. (Rom. 7:21-25) And the apostle John pointedly said: “If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” (1 John 1:8, RS) So, being a saint in the sense that the term is used regarding Christ’s true followers does not mean that in the flesh they are free from all sin.

Rom. 8:14, 16, 17: “All who are led by God’s spirit, these are God’s sons. The spirit itself bears witness with our spirit that we are God’s children. If, then, we are children, we are also heirs: heirs indeed of God, but joint heirs with Christ, provided we suffer together that we may also be glorified together.” (At the time this was written it was true that all who were led by God’s spirit were God’s sons whose hope was that they would be glorified with Christ. But this had not always been true. Luke 1:15 says that John the Baptizer would be filled with holy spirit, but Matthew 11:11 makes clear that he will not share in the glory of the heavenly Kingdom. So, too, after the gathering of the heirs of the heavenly Kingdom, there would be others who would serve God as followers of his Son and yet not share in heavenly glory.)

What specific references are there in the “New Testament” to a provision for Christians to be rewarded with eternal life on earth?

Matt. 5:5: “Happy are the mild-tempered ones, since they will inherit the earth.”

Matt. 6:9, 10: “Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified. Let your kingdom come. Let your will take place, as in heaven, also upon earth.” (What is God’s will regarding the earth? What do Genesis 1:28 and Isaiah 45:18 indicate?)

Answer 9

In Chriatianity-everyone who is born again is a saint.
In Catholicism-it is a different story. And I suspect that is what you are talking about.

Answer 10

according to the bible all christians are saints. The catholic church turned it ontop some sort of higher honor ,but any christian is a saint.