To: Aussie Dasher
I'm a saint...at least according to scripture. I didn't need the pope to recognize me as such though. Good thing it doesn't work that way.
8 posted on
12/20/2005 3:14:40 PM PST by
highlander_UW
(I don't know what my future holds, but I know Who holds my future)
To: highlander_UW
I'm a saint...at least according to scripture. I didn't need the pope to recognize me as such though. Good thing it doesn't work that way.Tell me do you have any friends or colleagues who are especially noteworthy for their goodness or - dare we say it - saintliness? Have you ever spoken highly of such a person to others and praise them for their good qualities? Have you recommended such persons as examples for others to emulate? If so, you are really doing not much more than the Church is doing in that it establishes role models for Catholics to follow and to aspire to. Certainly there are those who are saints but who are not cannonized. There is nothing in Church teaching that states that cannonization creates a definitive list of the worthy. So you may indeed be a saint in the eyes of God.
13 posted on
12/20/2005 3:28:05 PM PST by
PMCarey
To: highlander_UW
I [don't] need the pope to recognize me as such though. Good thing it doesn't work that way. The Pope would agree with you on that much. Not all saints are canonized...
To: highlander_UW
It took 8 replies before the truth came out. Now it'll start a 'Catholic bashing' accusatory thread.
Fear not brother, Let God be true and every man a liar.
22 posted on
12/20/2005 4:32:00 PM PST by
knarf
(A place where anyone can learn anything ... especially that which promotes clear thinking.)
To: highlander_UW
HL,
Glad to meet another saint! Only Christ can make a
saint... and that covers every single person who
has trusted Christ fully as Savior. The Pope has
nothing to do with it.
33 posted on
12/20/2005 5:39:27 PM PST by
aMorePerfectUnion
(outside a good dog, a book is your best friend. inside a dog it's too dark to read)
To: highlander_UW
I'm a saint...at least according to scripture. I didn't need the pope to recognize me as such though. Good thing it doesn't work that way.
Was anyone even asking? Seriously, I think it's a testament to the Church's power through Christ that some Protestants feel compelled to come on these threads to preach against her.
To: highlander_UW
"I'm a saint...at least according to scripture."
Me too! Saved by Grace through Faith in Jesus Christ!
To: highlander_UW
I didn't need the pope to recognize me as such though. You do if you want them to make idols...err...statues of you to worship...err...I mean hear their intercessions.
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