To: NYer
Men don't decide who is to be a saint. All of the faithful are saints in God's eyes and conferring sainthood on a person based on whether someone in the Catholic Church can X all the right boxes is a form of hubris that denigrates the religion.
6 posted on
01/30/2006 7:49:14 AM PST by
trebb
("I am the way... no one comes to the Father, but by me..." - Jesus in John 14:6 (RSV))
To: trebb
Dig my tagline.
We've got bigger problems in this world.
9 posted on
01/30/2006 7:50:42 AM PST by
netmilsmom
(To attack one section of Christianity in this day and age, is to waste time.)
To: trebb
The human man who decides whether or not someone is a saint, has the power of the keys, period. If your not Catholic, I guess it won't "denigrate your religion", so it should not bother you.
11 posted on
01/30/2006 7:52:29 AM PST by
Theoden
(Fidei Defensor - Deus vult!)
To: trebb
Men don't decide who is to be a saint. All of the faithful are saints in God's eyes and conferring sainthood on a person based on whether someone in the Catholic Church can X all the right boxes is a form of hubris that denigrates the religion.We aren't "deciding" who the saints are. There are countless saints who aren't "canonized." The Church is giving recognition to those holy souls whose intercession has proved beneficial to the Church Militant on earth.
14 posted on
01/30/2006 7:59:44 AM PST by
Pyro7480
(Sancte Joseph, terror daemonum, ora pro nobis!)
To: trebb
Men don't decide who is to be a saint. But, boy, they sure get to decide who's saved and who isn't!
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