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To: CorporateStepsister

In the Orthodox Church Pilate and his wife are saints.


12 posted on 11/05/2016 8:01:36 PM PDT by buwaya
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To: buwaya

** In the Orthodox Church Pilate and his wife are saints. **

Heard that, too. You beat me to the post.


18 posted on 11/05/2016 8:09:55 PM PDT by NEWwoman (God Bless America)
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To: buwaya

He’s also a saint in the Coptic Church; apparently he repented in time.


19 posted on 11/05/2016 8:11:07 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Hail Obambi, our Deer Leader)
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To: buwaya

Orthodox believe that he became a Christian and even a bishop. There is some tradition of that going back to the early centuries.


32 posted on 11/05/2016 8:23:50 PM PDT by arthurus (Hillary's campaign is getting shaky)
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To: buwaya
In the Orthodox Church Pilate and his wife are saints.

I thought legend had it that Pilate's wife converted then converted him.

69 posted on 11/05/2016 10:13:42 PM PDT by stig
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