[Pyro7480]

You bring up a good question, but as you probably know, the Catholic Church doesn't just rely on the Bible. It also relies on Church tradition. The canonization process is instititutonal in character. The Church on Earth, through the canonization process, recognizes that through a holy person's actions during life, and through their intercession after death, which manifests itself through miracles, that because of these, a person is a saint. Other souls in heaven are most likely also saints in the literal sense, but they haven't been officially recognized as such by the Catholic Church.

[Texas Eagle]

You bring up a good question, but as you probably know, the Catholic Church doesn't just rely on the Bible. It also relies on Church tradition.

Well, the Catholic Church can kiss my traditional butt. I see numerous references to saints in the Bible and as far as I know the Catholic Church wasn't around in the days these references are made.

1 Samuel 2:9

Psalms 16:3

Psalms 30:4

Psalms 31:23Psalms 34:9

Daniel 7:8

Romans 8:27

1 Corinthians 6:2

Ephesians 1:15

Revelations 5:8

Revelations 19:8

And not one word about the bureaucratic red tape it takes to become a Saint.