Elijah and Moses appeared and conversed with Christ. He didn’t pray to them. And, that passage does not indicate in any way that Moses or Elijah hear prayer. And, nothing in scripture says that anyone but God hears prayer.
I would agree with Luther if he removed it. ;)
I would think God encourages the communion of the saints — the coming together of Christians for worship and fellowship. But, that may be a different description of saints than to which you refer. But, we all pray to God alone — no one else.
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I would agree with Luther if he removed it. ;)
I see the smiley, but if we say "sola scriptura" and then we use some notion of a belief to say what Scriptura is, it's no longer sola scriptura. (This is admittedly sort of pro forma.)
I would think God encourages the communion of the saints — the coming together of Christians for worship and fellowship. But, that may be a different description of saints than to which you refer.
Yes. We'd include all the saints, not just the ones who have not yet fallen asleep.
The Book of Maccabees? By what authority did he remove books from the Canon? His own? If so, then any of may choose to accept or reject books from Scripture.