"The fervent prayer of a righteous person is very powerful. " James 5:16. Even if that person is in heaven.
And JP2 graciously accepted a Qur'an to kiss, and to this day RCs criticize him for so doing.
"The fervent prayer of a righteous person is very powerful. " James 5:16. Even if that person is in heaven.
Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. (James 5:17)
Go find even one prayer in Scripture by anyone but pagans that was addressed to anyone in Heaven but the Lord. Or even where they can hear all such (elders and angels offering up incense in memorial at the end is not it). Its right after the verse that says Ishmael was the child of promise, as Islam teaches . The difference in both heresies is in the matter of degrees.