Isnt all roman catholic churches have saints in there church? what happens if they dont have saints but call themselves roman catholic?
2007-04-09 11:11:31 · 14 answers · asked by ymets2k 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
what are you talking about? saints are just dead people who have been given a title... so they arent in anyone's church, persay
2007-04-09 11:18:18 · answer #1 · answered by livinintheword † 6 · 9⤊ 1⤋
Churches have statues to remind us of the people that went before us that now are in heaven. Some of the people that gained saint hood went through tough times or were martyred but held on to the belief that Jesus is the way. So if a church doesn't have statues it still has people capable of becoming saints by going through their own lives. Most of all Jesus the creator of the universe and beyond is in there too!
2007-04-09 11:19:55 · answer #2 · answered by hot wheels 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No the roman catholic church dos not need a saint in thei church to be a churh he saint in nly a symbol for god that their are living angels around us and that each one helps and will always worship th lord . in my church it is only named after a saint as of course many othes do to and also dont. i can still call myslef a roman catholic even if there was no saint in my church.
god bless u and i oped i had answerd ur question
2007-04-11 01:26:58 · answer #3 · answered by Lyssa Marie. 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarilly. Catholic Churches are not limited to naming their Churches after saints only. Catholics Churches can be named after the Holy Cross, the Sacred Heart, the Immaculate Conception, etc, and still be Catholic.
2007-04-10 01:45:40 · answer #4 · answered by Daver 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All born again Christians are Saints of God. You don't have to be a Catholic to be a saint.
2007-04-09 11:48:07 · answer #5 · answered by Auburn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The "orthodox" in front of Coptic Catholic church signifies direct separation from the Roman Catholic church.
2016-04-01 05:53:26 · answer #6 · answered by Marie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, most Catholic Churches have depictions of saints in the churches. These are only reminders of our family members in heaven.
God bless.
2007-04-12 04:01:12 · answer #7 · answered by Danny H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't need saints in the church to be a roman catholic church. (Thats all decoration...has nothing to do with teaching, they're only statues)
2007-04-09 11:16:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Are you referring to relics?\
It can be an item associated with the saint. I attended St Helena's in Minneapolis.
The reliquary was supposed to contain a piece of the cross which Jesus was crucified on, as verified by St. Helena. What a crock!
2007-04-09 11:46:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saints are not required for Catholicism. But they are there to give testimony to the heroic deeds that God gave them the grace to undertake!
Incidentally, praying to saints -- NOT worship -- is based in Judaism....Jesus would have been very familiar with going to the tombs of the patriarchs to pray and perhaps to recite Kaddish.
2007-04-09 11:16:13 · answer #10 · answered by The Carmelite 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
What?? Do you mean in the *name* of the Church?? Churches can be named for Saints...or not.
There are many Catholic Churches named "Blessed Sacrament", "Incarnation", "Holy Nativity", etc.
2007-04-09 11:15:52 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋