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Chris Findley is a former Episcopal clergyman and convert to Catholicism. He is editor of home2rome.wordpress.com, an online resource for those wanting to learn more about the Catholic Church. Chris has written for numerous publications, most recently for This Rock magazine. He and his wife Sheryl and their two children, Aidan and Evan, live outside of Nashville, TN.

2 posted on 04/09/2008 7:10:33 AM PDT by NYer ("Where the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church" - Ignatius of Antioch)

I realize Protestants are fond of pointing out that we're all saints — that by our relationship in Christ we should all be called "saints." That is very comforting, but not very accurate. It is using the term loosely to say the least. I'm not a saint in the same sense that Padre Pio was. Nor am I mature enough in my faith to think I've grown in holiness to the same degree as Mother Teresa. The term "saint" should remind us of the ideal to which we are called — not offer blasé notions that we're already there.

Here's another one that doesn't put much stock in the word of God, the Holy Scripture...