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To: Cronos; Salvation; Natural Law; terycarl
Re: your list of Protestant denominations, a lot of it is simply about unique expressions and finding like-minded people.

After all, I don't see Catholics praying to the same saint...right?

They pick out various "saints" per either some "specialization" that the saint has according to a given crisis (as if that was Biblical in any way...there's NO WAY you can prove given saints "specialize" in certain emergencies)...or some saints are lifted up according to the vocation a person might be in...

Catholics can't even agree on who REALLY is on a "saint roster" that can be appealed to...And even where Catholic authorities have "stepped in" to streamline this process, let's face it...it's all rather arbitrary.

After all, exactly how many Protestant saints have Catholic authorities placed on the official saint roster? What? There are none?

Hence, Catholic "saint" theology of intercession and its practice is all over the map.

186 posted on 11/29/2012 9:37:38 AM PST by Colofornian
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To: Colofornian
"Catholics can't even agree on who REALLY is on a "saint roster" that can be appealed to..."

The Catholic Church does not create saints. It only recognizes a few that have lived their lives as saintly examples for us to emulate. Further, any saint can pray or intercede on any issue in response to our prayers.

Peace be with you.

192 posted on 11/29/2012 11:32:43 AM PST by Natural Law (Jesus did not leave us a Bible, He left us a Church.)
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