[Iscool]

The fact that no one in the first several generations of Christians complained about people addressing prayers to saints proves that the practice was NOT a departure from the teaching of the apostles.

That's a weird thought...How about, because no one prayed to and thru dead saints so there was nothing to complain about...

[Arthur McGowan]

But the accusation from Protestants has always been that people WERE praying to saints. That’s the accusation that this thread is all about.