They can't, as there WERE no 'saints' in the days of the aPOSTLES!
Why of course there were. Just not like the RCC lies about.
The word “saint” comes from the Greek word hagios, which means “consecrated to God, holy, sacred, pious."
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.