2007-09-03 02:09:21 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
God is, well, *God*, in three persons, Father (Creator), Son (Savior) and Holy Spirit (Counselor). God is eternal, omniscient, omnipresent.
Do you mean all saints or just canonized saints? The Catholic Church has four kinds of saints. There are the Christians living on earth (all forms of Christianity, not just Catholic) who make up the "Church Militant" (because we're still battling sinfulness), the ones who have died and are being purified so that they can enter heaven or the "Church Suffering" and the ones who have already received the gift of eternal life, the "Church Triumphant." Among the "Church Triumphant" are canonized saints, which basically means there is evidence that they are in heaven and actively working for the Kingdom of God.
So I assume your question refers to only the canonized saints, or that small portion of all saved Christians who live eternally in heaven, since that's what most non-Catholics think of when they think of Catholic saints.
Saints are just good people who live forever with God in heaven. They have passed from being mortal (i.e, conceived, living and dying) to having a state of eternal life through the Grace of the Lord (i.e, they've been saved). They don't *do* miracles, they pray for them (same as us, except they're completely purified from their sin and we're still battling the "old man" of the flesh). Saints are not gods and goddesses, they're just good folk.
2007-09-03 02:23:11 · answer #1 · answered by sparki777 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am no longer a catholic, but I want a shot at this one. There is a huge difference in catholic theology between a saint and a god. Saints have no creative power. They are prayed to only to request their intercession with God. The idea is if you get somebody really close to God to intervene he is more likely to grant your request. Most protestants do not get this concept. I do know that some catholics don't get it either and do believe that the saint they pray to has powers of his own, but this is not what the church teaches.
The catholic church believes that all members of the church are saints, thus the expression "the communion of saints". That includes both those who have died and are in heaven or purgatory and those on earth.
2007-09-03 02:22:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
A Saint is a born again human. He/she is still a sinner but not by choice. That individual's life is now holy filled with righteous conduct and holy works.
He shall be glorified on dying so as that this individual receives a heavenly spirit body similar to the one Christ has and will be immortal. In a very limited sense, he may be said to be a god just as the Bible uses this term about humans.
Psalm 82:6, I said, Ye are gods, And all of you sons of the Most High. (ASV)
Born again link:
http://bythebible.page.tl/Born-Again.htm
2007-09-03 02:35:34 · answer #3 · answered by Fuzzy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is a creator
saint is just a Holy man
2007-09-03 02:35:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is number 1 in our lives, He is the most important person out, Saints are people who loves God and obeys all the Commandments and does good work in the name of God
2007-09-03 02:15:43 · answer #5 · answered by TigerLily 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A god lives alone. Saints usually have followers or 'brothers' and 'sisters'. Saints also sin, but not to an extreme: even thinking can be a sin. If a saint were a god, it'd be obvios.
"To live alone one must be an animal or a god"
2007-09-03 02:15:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
+ God +
God is:
+ The infinite divine being
+ One in being yet three Persons:
. + Father
. + Son
. + Holy Spirit
God has revealed himself as:
+ The "One who is"
+ Truth
+ Creator of all that is
+ The author of divine revelation
+ The source of salvation
And, of course, God is love.
http://www.nccbuscc.org/catechism/text/pt1sect2chpt1.htm#199
+ Saints +
Saints are people in heaven or on their way to heaven. All Christians dead and alive are saints.
The Catholic Church selects some of the most extraordinary examples, does in-depth research, and canonizes them.
"By canonizing some of the faithful, i.e., by solemnly proclaiming that they practiced heroic virtue and lived in fidelity to God's grace, the Church recognizes the power of the Spirit of holiness within her and sustains the hope of believers by proposing the saints to them as models and intercessors."
http://www.nccbuscc.org/catechism/text/pt1sect2chpt3art9p3.htm#828
+ With love in Christ.
2007-09-03 17:24:52 · answer #7 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋