More canonization details from a different source!
The Apostle Paul addressed his Epistle to the Colossians thusly: To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are in Colosse, etc.
Also, Paul wrote “to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Phillipi, etc.; and, on another occasion, “To the saints who are in Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus.
No account is given as to how those folks achieved sainthood.
Wonder why the Apostles didn't have a saint-making formula in the Greek...
I guess that's because it's a 'not in the bible' far newer custom which does not exist in any of the scriptures that your religion invented...
Rom_15:25 But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.
1Co 1:2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
It's a pity your religion didn't pick a different name for all these people that supposedly are more holy than the rest of us because all born again Christians are saints...
Why was Benedict left out?
“Pope Francis makes history”
And he’ll make more history when he recognizes same sex
civil unions as a compromise. He will you know.
Orate pro nobis! We’re going to need it in the next few years...
I stayed up to watch it LIVE on EWTN and I’ve seen the repeat again.
So GOOD to see Pope Benedict XVI looking well, happy and so good!
God bless and keep him.
I love that “saintly” man.
Thank you,Lord, for the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. Amen.
Thank you, Pope Francis and Pope Benedict XVI, for making the faithful sure that these two virtuous men are truly Saints and models for the Church today.