If “the creed” ain’t in the Bible, I don’t pray it or say it.
Jesus teaches us how to pray in the Bible and it does not include praying to dead people.
I believe it is heinous that anyone would try and steal the Glory and Honor of God by praying to a dead human being.
Bodleian, do you consider dead those whom Jesus says are living?
Jesus spoke with these, who have passed on and yet are living.
Matthew 17:3
"And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him."
How can we do wrong if we follow His example?
Please understand, too, that the "Communion of Saints" is a Biblical teaching,since it is the union of those who are "in Christ" in one body, the Body of Christ. This is taught very beautifully by Paul.
Romans 12:5
"So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another."
Neither we nor those of the faithful who have gone on before us, are dead cells and organs in a half-dead Christ. We all are living members, who have a living connection with Him, and with one another.
Just like I have a living connection with you.