Why do some Protestants believe that no one is a saint, but other Protestants believe everyone is a saint?

Answer 1

Welcome to protestantism. Think about it, what does the word protestant mean? It comes from the word protest; a protestor. Protestor of what? The Roman Catholic Church.

It is the bottom line for everything you see with Protestant Christianity. It's why they definately will not agree with the Catholic Church, and it's why most times they don't even agree with each other. One guys says "I don't like this about this church" and starts his own. Another guy does the same thing, and on and on hundreds and thousands of times. The result? Thousands of different dominations, each one, ironically, insisting that they alone have the correct interpretation of the bible and the true teachings of Christ. Funny thing is, all of their basic doctrines came from the Catholic Church, the original church founded by Christ.

Aside from all this, please keep in mind that despite the conflicts, we are all Christians (protestant and catholic), and are brothers and sisters in Christ. We must continue to pray for each other and keep strong in the Faith.

Keep strong, and God bless.

Answer 2

We don't have to worry about who said what, the most important thing is to find what the Bible says. Human beings can make mistakes, but the Bible is the word of God which never changes.
The Bible gives us the definition of a saint:
Revelation 14:12
Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

The text says that the saints are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

If you keep the commandments of God and have the faith of Jesus, then you are a saint.
And the Bible says that the opposite of saints are sinners.
Sinners are those who have broken the commandments of God.

Of course the Catholic Church has changed the Ten Commandments. If you read it in the Cathechism, the Ten Commandments there does not contain the 2nd commandment as it is found in Exodus 20:3-17, which says, "You shall not make graven images of anything and bow down to it."
They will say, that they do not worship the image. If it is true, then why were they guilty conscienced and took it away from the Ten Commandments as originally written on the two slabs of stone by God's own hand and known as the Decalogue? To make the number still ten, they split the 10th into two parts to become number 9 and number 10.

Answer 3

If they only understood what makes a "saint", and it is not the pronouncement of the "pope" or any other men.

The problem is that the "Christians" or "Catholics" for the most part do not understand what a saint is. We can use our own personal thoughts or maybe go to the dictionary for the understanding. However, we should go to the Bible for the answer to this question "what is a saint",
Revelation 14:12 “Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”

So a saint is one who keeps the “Commandments” of God and they also have the same faith the Jesus had / has.

Well we know that the Ten Commandments are the moral Laws of God and they teach us how to Love God and our fellow men.
But what is this “faith of Jesus”?
Well, the “faith of Jesus” is depending on the Father for everything that we have, everything that we will do. It is a total dependency upon the Father for every breath that we take, and submitting ourselves totally to His Will.

This is a problem for the “Christian” world if they were to do this then they would have to give up to much stuff, they would have to turn from their worldly ways, and they do not want to do this, how sad for them.

Answer 4

The term saint has taken on a special connotation in the context of Catholicism. It requires certain proofs that substantiate the person lived an extraordinarily godly life, and I think this includes evidence of at least two miracles that can be directly linked to the person. Once these proofs have been established the person is officially declared to be saint.
Protestants generally dismiss this specialized definition of the word and refers to all true believers as saints, in accordance with the New Testament translation of the Greek word hagios, or holy ones. The saints are those who are set apart, or sanctified by God through faith in Jesus Christ, and are heirs of the salvation promised by God.

Answer 5

Protestantism is based on non-conformity to the Catholic church. Protestants broke away from the Catholic church so that they could practice their faith however they chose. This is why you have Baptist, Methodist, Pentacostle, Presbyterian, Lutheran, etc and they are all protestant, yet worship differently. Unlike Catholics, there is no central protestant chuch, so each protestant chuch can decide for themselves their opinions on issues, such as who is a saint and who isn't. However, most protestants, at least in the US, do not believe in "saints" as catholics do. There are certainly some saints in protestant christianity, but they are generally the original apostles.

Answer 6

Both concepts are wrong! The definition of a Saint is: Rev 12:17; 14:12

Answer 7

Main Entry: 1saint
Pronunciation: 'sAnt, before a name (")sAnt or s&nt
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French seint, saint, from Late Latin sanctus, from Latin, sacred, from past participle of sancire to make sacred -- more at SACRED
-one of the spirits of the departed in heaven
-one of God's chosen and usually Christian people

We believe that all God's chosen people who died on His name are saints. We don't need to canonized someone to be a saints, and we don't worshiped saints, since the only one who's worthy for all the praise and glory is the Holy Trinity , God, Jesus and Holy Spirit.

First Commandment of the 10 Commandments
" You shall have no other gods before Me"
The Second of the 10 Commandments
"You shall not make for yourself an idol"

Answer 8

that's why they're called Protestants because they always Protest,.. ehehe

main point, we all believe in Christ,.. so let's just leave it that way

Answer 9

we cant be sure as we arent mindreaders...ive attended churches that have said that each Christian will BEcome a saint at some point..

Answer 10

Because tens of thousands of individual denominations exist and they are all different.