How does a person qualify for "sainthood."?

Question

About a month after my mother died, our minister called her a saint in one of his sermons. He described how she faced her illness, cancer, and made her life an example for others.

Answer 1

In the Roman Catholic church, you have to be dead for five years before someone can start petitioning to have you declared a saint. They'll make exceptions sometimes, as they have done for Mother Teresa, who I think at this point is declared "Blessed".

The rules may be similar in the Episcopal Church.

Among many Protestants, a "saint" is any follower of Jesus, living or dead, particularly if they have been born again. The term "saint" particularly means that you've been sanctified and set apart for God. Saint is not an official term here, but a generic term.

Answer 2

There are more than 10,000 Roman Catholic saints.[1] The older term for saint is martyr, meaning someone who would rather die than give up their faith, or more specifically, witness for God. However, as the word martyr took on more and more the meaning of "one who died for the Faith," the term saint, meaning holy, became more common to describe the whole of Christian witnesses, both martyrs and confessors. The Catholic Church teaches that it does not, in fact, make anyone a saint. Rather, it recognizes a saint. In the Roman Catholic church, the title of Saint - with a capital 'S' - refers to a person who has been formally canonized (officially recognized) by the Church.

Also, by this definition there are many people believed to be in heaven who have not been formally declared as Saints (most typically due to their obscurity and the involved process of formal canonization) but who may nevertheless generically be referred to as saints (lowercase 's'). Anyone in heaven is, in the untechnical sense, a saint. Unofficial devotions to thus-far non-canonized saints do exist in certain regions.

Answer 3

Bible calls all the believers saint but that does not mean a person is holy, perfect and better than other. You cannot compare your mom with St. Mother Theresa. So many people use the word loosly and it is ok to do it.

Saint is a sanctified person whose sins are forgiven by the blood of Jesus.

Answer 4

Oh, enable me to complicated: a million. they say the comparable issues persistently 2. They do the comparable issues persistently 3. They emphasize their sanity excessively 4. they have a image somebody specific with them in any respect cases 5. they're good actors

Answer 5

The Catholics wouldn't agree,but all who are in Christ are saints,that is Biblical.God Bless your Mom.

Answer 6

I am sorry for your loss....
Sounds like mom was a great lady. I am sure she treated everyone very well,pitched in and helped when needed and volunteered a lot. She most likely went to church and also helped where she was needed. It sounds like you had a great mom. Congrats.

Answer 7

In the Catholic Church there must be some certified miracles attributed to the candidate to saithood, after his/her death.
That in addition to an exemplary life.

Answer 8

The bible calls anyone who is a christian a saint.

Answer 9

In the HEBREW text, a "saint" ="is one who lives by & keeps all of the laws of YAHWEH OUR FATHER!!!"

Answer 10

ALL true children of God are saints; this debunks the man-glorifying garbage of Catholicism:

Mt 27:52 - And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,

Ac 9:13 - Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:

Ac 9:32 - And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda.

Ac 9:41 - And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.

Ac 26:10 - Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.

Ro 1:7 - To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Ro 8:27 - And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

Ro 12:13 - Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

Ro 15:25 - But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.

Ro 15:26 - For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.

Ro 15:31 - That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judaea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;

Ro 16:2 - That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.

Ro 16:15 - Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints which are with them.

1Co 1:2 - Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

1Co 6:1 - Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?

1Co 6:2 - Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

1Co 14:33 - For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

1Co 16:1 - Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye.

1Co 16:15 - I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)

2Co 1:1 - Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia: