Would you say that the saints are Royalty?

Answer 1

No

Answer 2

A few saints were royal (notably King Louis IX of France), but overall the answer would be no. Royalty is an earthly state denoting a superior class of people (at least in theory - in practice, not so superior). Sainthood is post-terrestrial and relates to one's holiness, not one's social status.

Answer 3

Royals could possibly become Saints (as in the Roman Catholic Church) but being a Saint doesn't make you royal.

In the American Episcopal Church, we consider all believers to be saints, and I think that is the Biblical definition, as well; you don't have to be proclaimed a saint by a church's governing body to be one, you don't have to be dead to be one, either.

Answer 4

All branches of Christianity would agree that a "saint" is someone who has achieved "a certain degree of holiness" and whose life serves as an example of faith to be commemorated, or venerated, as an inspiration to other followers of Jesus Christ--a description that hardly fits any contemporary members of the British Royal family, including Lady Diana Spenser, although Elizabeth's 54-year devotion to duty is commendable.

Moreover, the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox Church, and to a lesser extent the Anglican Church and Lutheranism, view saints as intercessors, or go-betweens, on behalf of the living to God while some Protestant denominations define any "born-again"* Christian as a saint.

Admittedly, some British monarchs from the Anglo-Saxon period in England and the pre-Stuart period in Scotland have lived pious and holy lives or have died as martyrs, and thus are canonized by the Roman Catholic Church,
------David I of Scotland
------Margaret of Scotland
------Edmund the Martyr of East Angelia
------Edward the Martyr of England
------Edwin of Northumbria
------Ethelbert of Kent

However, no British monarch with the single exception of Charles I, who is styled by the Anglican Church as St. Charles, King and Martyr, has been canonized since the Reformation. Of course, saints like royalty form the upper tier of their respective hierarchies. Needless to say, however, when the Lord does the judging, "the last shall be first"--a prerequisite that usually knocks out Royalty or anyone who customarily lives a regal lifestyle.

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*A born-again Christian may be defined as any adult or any child who has reached the age of reason and who has made the conscious choice to accept the teachings of Jesus Christ and to strive to copy His example. Born-again Christianity presupposes Christ's death by crucifixion as well as his physical resurrection.

Answer 5

yes