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To: Alex Murphy

I don’t understand...
I assume The 12 Apostles have long turned to dust.
I am not aware of evidence to the contrary.
Certainly, if any were Saints, these were

This seems like a varient of Necromancy
King Saul got in trouble for this...


3 posted on 03/23/2014 8:01:59 PM PDT by HangnJudge
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To: HangnJudge

The Bible is clear on this. “Saints” are simply believers in Christ, called by Him, chosen by Him and bought with His Blood, not works.


7 posted on 03/23/2014 8:04:52 PM PDT by WXRGina (The Founding Fathers would be shooting by now.)
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To: HangnJudge
"I don’t understand... I assume The 12 Apostles have long turned to dust. I am not aware of evidence to the contrary. Certainly, if any were Saints, these were"

The Church does not claim that ALL those who lived saintly lives will be incorruptible. It only happens to a few, apparently at God's discretion.

"This seems like a varient of Necromancy King Saul got in trouble for this..."

Necromancy is when someone tries to contact the dead to gain information from them. That is what Saul did. A saint's body found to be be incorruptible is nothing like necromancy.

10 posted on 03/23/2014 8:08:33 PM PDT by fidelis (Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
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To: HangnJudge

I was never taught this as a doctrine of the Church, through 13 years of Catholic education.


19 posted on 03/23/2014 8:25:20 PM PDT by steve8714
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Being Catholic: Sacred Things, Relics and the Incorruptibles
23 posted on 03/23/2014 8:32:21 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: HangnJudge
I don’t understand...

Quite. The 12 Apostles have always been designated saints.
54 posted on 03/24/2014 12:27:38 AM PDT by jobim (.)
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