Do you believe the saints are dead or alive, CB?
Rather a strange question from someone who claims to read scripture. The ones on earth are quite alive.
Saint – hagios (ἅγιος) - set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred.
You see, all believers are “set apart” and called saints.
Acts 9:13 But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem.
Acts 9:32 Now as Peter went here and there among them all, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda.
Acts 26:10 And I did so in Jerusalem. I not only locked up many of the saints in prison after receiving authority from the chief priests, but when they were put to death I cast my vote against them.
Philippians 4:21 21 Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me greet you.
See also Ephesians 4:12, Romans 16:2, and Ephesians 5:3.
Those who have passed from this life are not to be communicated with. It’s called necromancy and is frowned upon by God. That made up meme by the RCC is straight from paganism. I found it rather interesting that replacing the many pagan god’s the RCC instituted the system of patron saints over cities, regions, etc. to attract the pagans into Romanism.