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[[File:Saint Augustine by Philippe de Champaigne.jpg|right|thumbnail|250px|[[Saint Augustine]] ]]
[[File:Saint Augustine by Philippe de Champaigne.jpg|right|thumbnail|250px|[[Saint Augustine]] ]]
A '''saint''' (from Old French ''saint''; from Latin ''sanctus'', from ''sancire'' to be set apart) in general is a [[holy]] or godly person.<ref>''The Reader's Digest Great Encyclopedic Dictionary: including Funk & Wagnalls Standard College Dictionary'', 1966, The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., Pleasantville, New York. Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 66-216606. | S | saint | page 1184a</ref> In [[religion]] as a whole there are recognized [[Christianity|Christian]], [[Hinduism|Hindu]], [[Buddhism|Buddhist]], [[Islam|Moslem]] and [[Sufi]] saints.
A '''saint''' (from Old French ''saint'', from Latin ''sanctus'', from ''sancire'' to be set apart) in general is a holy or godly person<ref>''The Reader's Digest Great Encyclopedic Dictionary: including Funk & Wagnalls Standard College Dictionary'', 1966, The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., Pleasantville, New York. Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 66-216606. | S | saint | page 1184a</ref> In [[religion]] as a whole there are recognized [[Hinduism|Hindu]], [[Buddhism|Buddhist]], [[Islam|Moslem]], [[Sufi]] and [[Christianity|Christian]] saints.
==Saints in Catholicism==
==Saints in Catholicism==
By one common definition of the word, a '''saint''' is a person who has been recognized by a Christian [[denomination]] and approved for public and private veneration.<ref>[http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P4D.HTM Canon 1186]</ref> Saints, especially those from the Apostolic and Ancient periods of church history, often were [[martyr]]s (people who died for their faith or for another person).
By one common definition of the word, a '''saint''' is a person who has been recognized by a Christian [[denomination]] and approved for public and private veneration.<ref>[http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P4D.HTM Canon 1186]</ref> Saints, especially those from the Apostolic and Ancient periods of church history (See: [[Early Christianity]]), often were [[martyr]]s (people who died for their faith).
In [[Catholic]] tradition and law, all canonical saints are associated with miracles, either in this life or thereafter, through miracles that occur when praying to them after their deaths to [[Intercession|intercede with their own prayers to God]] (see [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=james%205:16&version=KJV James 5:16] and [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2peter%201:13-15&version=KJV 2 Peter 1:13-15]). Catholic and [[Eastern Orthodox]] doctrine holds that saints are able to intercede with God on behalf of living persons, or for mankind generally, and that miracles by God may occur as a result. All members of the Christian communities are called saints in the New Testament. ''Canonical'' saints, canonized saints, by distinction are those saints formally recognized from among the saints as extraordinary examples of sanctity and holiness, gifted by God as "heroes" of the faith for the glory of His Name. "Canon" is from Old English, from Latin, from Greek ''kanon'' rule, straight rod, and whatever is canon, canonical, or is canonized, is held to be the ''measure'' or ''standard'', as the [[Biblical Canon]].
In [[Catholic]] tradition and law, all canonical saints are associated with miracles, either in this life or thereafter, through miracles that occur when praying to them after their deaths to [[Intercession|intercede with their own prayers to God]] (see [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=james%205:16&version=KJV James 5:16] and [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2peter%201:13-15&version=KJV 2 Peter 1:13-15]). Catholic and [[Eastern Orthodox]] doctrine holds that saints are able to intercede with God on behalf of living persons, or for mankind generally, and that miracles by God may occur as a result. All members of the Christian communities are called saints in the New Testament. ''Canonical'' saints, canonized saints, by distinction are those saints formally recognized from among the saints as extraordinary examples of sanctity and holiness, gifted by God as "heroes" of the faith for the glory of His Name. "Canon" is from Old English, from Latin, from Greek ''kanon'' rule, straight rod, and whatever is canon, canonical, or is canonized, is held to be the ''measure'' or ''standard'', as the [[Biblical Canon]].
==Saints in Protestant Tradition==
==Saints in Protestant Tradition==
[[Image:St Paul Preaching.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The [[Saint Paul|Apostle Paul]] defends his preaching (Giovanni Ricco)]]
[[Image:St Paul Preaching.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The [[Saint Paul|Apostle Paul]] defends his preaching (Giovanni Ricco)]]
In 1 Corinthians, the [[Saint Paul|Apostle Paul]] calls all Christian believers “saints”: “To the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, the called saints, with all those who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, who is theirs and ours.” In Eephesians 1:1-2 the Apostle writes: "Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and care faithful1 in Christ Jesus: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ." (ESV version of the Bible). So Protestants argue that it appears as if all faithful Christians are saints.
In 1 Corinthians, the [[Saint Paul|Apostle Paul]] calls all Christian believers “saints”: “To the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, the called saints, with all those who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, who is theirs and ours.” In Eephesians 1:1-2 the Apostle writes: "Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and care faithful1 in Christ Jesus: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ." (ESV version of the Bible). So Protestants argue that it appears as if all faithful Christians are saints.
*[[John Paul II]]
*[[John Paul II]]
*[[Mother Teresa|Mother Teresa of Calcutta]]
*[[Mother Teresa|Mother Teresa of Calcutta]]
== External links ==
== External links ==