BTW, "saint (n.) early 12c., from Old French saint, seinte "a saint; a holy relic," displacing or altering Old English sanct, both from Latin sanctus "holy, consecrated" (used as a noun in Late Latin; also source of Spanish santo, santa, Italian san, etc.), properly past participle of sancire "consecrate" (see sacred). Adopted into most Germanic languages (Old Frisian sankt, Dutch sint, German Sanct).
"Originally an adjective prefixed to the name of a canonized person; by c.1300 it came to be regarded as a noun. Meaning "person of extraordinary holiness" is recorded from 1560s."
In a word, it means "holy". That's why, during the course of (cough) Holy Mass, you see "Spirítui Sancto" (Holy Ghost), "Dómine sancte" (Holy Lord), "sanctum Angelum" (Holy Angel), "sanctis Apóstolis" (Holy Apostles), "Sancta sanctórum" (Holy of Holies),"sanctum Evangélium" (Holy Gospel), "Ecclésiæ suæ sanctæ" (His Holy Church), "plebs tua sancta" (Thy Holy People) etc, etc... are you getting the point? Gracious sakes that last one I listed is actually referring to US as saints!
Isn't it awkward when personally held shibboleths come crashing down in front of everyone?
Believers are called saints in both the OT and the NT.
God sees anyone who has trusted Christ for their salvation as holy. And it’s because God Himself has canceled the record of debt that stood against the believer when he put his trust in Christ and performed the transaction of putting our (my) sin on Christ and putting the perfect righteousness of Christ on us (me).
God chooses not to see our sin or deal with us according to it when we trust HIM.
Your post is a total non sequitur from what I posted. You again try to justify the unjustifiable supposition and pomposity of a cult with the truths as juxtaposed to those found in Scripture.
You fail on your own "shibboleths" of Roman Catholic source definitions. Script was never 'old English'. It was written in Greek and Hebrew, and then translated into common languages (though your cult tried to keep it away from the common people!).
I still see no refutation on the article posted...!
Acts 9:13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints (ἁγίοις - hagiois) at Jerusalem:
Greek - hagiois - set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred
And here is why.
Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Unless a person leaves the apostasy of Catholicism and accepts Christ alone through faith alone they will never understand that.
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