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To: spacejunkie2001

“What makes a person a saint?
Introduction. All Christians are called to be saints. Saints are persons in heaven (officially canonized or not), who lived heroically virtuous lives, offered their life for others, or were martyred for the faith, and who are worthy of imitation.“


14 posted on 05/08/2024 2:34:37 PM PDT by stanne
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To: stanne

respectfully, you need to get your TRUTH from the Word of God; not Catholic literature.

Here’s a sampling (there’s considerably more references than this) of every day believers, known as saints.

Matthew 27:52
and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;
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Acts 9:13
Then Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.
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Acts 9:32
Aeneas Healed
Now it came to pass, as Peter went through all parts of the country, that he also came down to the saints who dwelt in Lydda.
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Acts 9:41
Then he gave her his hand and lifted her up; and when he had called the saints and widows, he presented her alive.
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Acts 26:10
This I also did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.
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Romans 1:7
To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Romans 8:27
Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
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Romans 12:13
distributing to the needs of the saints, given to hospitality.
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Romans 15:25
But now I am going to Jerusalem to minister to the saints.
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Romans 15:26
For it pleased those from Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints who are in Jerusalem.
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Romans 15:31
that I may be delivered from those in Judea who do not believe, and that my service for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints,
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Romans 16:2
that you may receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and assist her in whatever business she has need of you; for indeed she has been a helper of many and of myself also.
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Romans 16:3
Greeting Roman Saints
Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,
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Romans 16:15
Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them.
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1 Corinthians 1:2
To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
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1 Corinthians 6:1
Do Not Sue the Brethren
Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?
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1 Corinthians 6:2
Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
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17 posted on 05/08/2024 3:09:41 PM PDT by spacejunkie2001
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To: stanne

All believers are saints. Including the living.


18 posted on 05/08/2024 3:10:20 PM PDT by roving (Deplorable Listless Vessel Trumpist With Trumpitis and a Rainbow Bully)
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