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To: Claud

See http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/3072747/posts?page=108#108


111 posted on 09/30/2013 2:51:41 PM PDT by daniel1212 (Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
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To: daniel1212

Read Christian texts in other languages. In Latin a saint is called “Sanctus”, in Greek “Agios”, in German “Heilige”, —every single of them means “holy”.

The distinction between being holy and being a saint is an chance artifact of English. In many languages—including the ones which had thriving Christian communities when the English were poking berries up their noses—there is no distinction made.


144 posted on 09/30/2013 5:30:18 PM PDT by Claud
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