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To: aMorePerfectUnion
1. If he wasn’t a saint while alive, he won’t become one now
2. No miracles are required to be a saint - only saving faith in Christ
3. No “patron saints” exist in Scripture.

From GOOGLE:
"Saint" ("Sanctus" or "Sancta"; abbreviated "St." or "S."):

To be canonized as a saint, ordinarily at least two miracles must have been performed through the intercession of the Blessed after their death, but for beati confessors, i. e., beati who were not declared martyrs, only one miracle is required, ordinarily ... Canonization, in its most exact historical sense, refers to a papal declaration that the Catholic faithful may venerate a particular deceased member of the church. Popes began making such decrees in the tenth century. Up to that point, the local bishops governed the veneration of holy men and women within their own dioceses; and there may have been, for any particular saint, no formal decree at all. In subsequent centuries, the procedures became increasingly regularized and the popes began restricting to themselves the right to declare someone a Catholic saint. In contemporary usage, the term is understood to refer to the act by which any Christian church declares that a person who has died is a saint, upon which declaration the person is included in the list of recognized saints, called the "canon."[1]
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Your NUMBER TWO is incorrect.

I suppose that you believe that FAITH is all that's necessary to be saved...no ACTS of FAITH are needed. So a person may live the life of a 100% sinner but since he still believes in the saving faith in Christ, he IS saved by his faith alone.
The true mark of a Protestant belief.

14 posted on 02/23/2020 12:26:16 PM PST by cloudmountain
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To: cloudmountain; aMorePerfectUnion

You’re gonna wipe out a great number of Roman Catholics if you’re requiring a miracle to be a requirement of a “saint”.


16 posted on 02/23/2020 12:55:41 PM PST by ealgeone
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To: cloudmountain

Your post relies on non-biblical definitions.
Your post is inconsistent with the teaching of Scripture.

FReegards


17 posted on 02/23/2020 1:02:12 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: cloudmountain
So a person may live the life of a 100% sinner but since he still believes in the saving faith in Christ, he IS saved by his faith alone.

Yes.

Because, really, who doesn't sin daily?

Or are you going to try to tell us that there are people who don't?

19 posted on 02/23/2020 1:11:32 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: cloudmountain
I suppose that you believe that FAITH is all that's necessary to be saved...no ACTS of FAITH are needed. So a person may live the life of a 100% sinner but since he still believes in the saving faith in Christ, he IS saved by his faith alone.

Not just belief. Not just faith.

I said "saving faith."

Saving faith results in the Holy Spirit residing in us and a new life of Christ.

That doesn't mean believers do not sin.

I John 1:9 was written because believers sin.

20 posted on 02/23/2020 1:29:07 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: cloudmountain; aMorePerfectUnion
So a person may live the life of a 100% sinner but since he still believes in the saving faith in Christ, he IS saved by his faith alone.

You've got that wrong.

A person isn't saved because they believe in saving faith.

A person is saved because they have turned to Christ and are trusting Him alone, His finished work on the cross, for salvation.

There's a difference between having faith in your faith and faith in Christ.

21 posted on 02/23/2020 2:53:09 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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