[Texas Eagle]

Where does it say thou shalt jump through myriad hoops before being declared a Saint?

[sevry]

Where does it say thou shalt jump through myriad hoops before being declared a Saint?

If by 'hoops' you mean, pass some standard, that's not the case today. It's the problem of the 'reform' regime of JP II. He's canonized more 'Saints' than in the entire history of The Church prior to him. In future, it's obvious that a more orthodox and reasonable Pope is going to have to rescind all of these canonizations, under JP II, and look at them, again. Under this regime, they apparently even dispensed with the office of 'devil's advocate', and whatever checks and balances on claims for this or that person. It appears to be a callous, indifferent, and rubber-stamp process, instead. Worse, there are suggestions that those with 'contributions' get their 'causes' heard, first.

[Aquinasfan]

Where does it say thou shalt jump through myriad hoops before being declared a Saint?

The Church doesn't teach that the number of saints in Heaven is limited to the saints canonized by the Church.

Canonization and Beatification

Canonization, generally speaking, is a decree regarding the public ecclesiastical veneration of an individual. Such veneration, however, may be permissive or preceptive, may be universal or local. If the decree contains a precept, and is universal in the sense that it binds the whole Church, it is a decree of canonization; if it only permits such worship, or if it binds under precept, but not with regard to the whole Church, it is a decree of beatification.

Have you found Luther's doctrine of "The Bible alone" in the Bible yet?