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Originally Posted by Augi
I asked the difference when I was still religious... and it was we Roman Catholics have Saints. I asked "Why do I have to learn about saints?" My grandmother's explanation, "Because you do." And that became the explanation for every theological question I ever asked...
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Saints are people that the R.C.C. believes made it into heaven. To prevent false positives, the R.C.C. requires alot of evidence (up to and including miracles). Or this is how I understood it.
The idea of praying through saints is that it can be easier to talk with someone who was merely a human. Less intimidating, ya know.
I do know the Anglicans have Saints, although not all of the ones the Catholics have. (when visiting London, they showed us the largest collection of medieval saint-icons. A good percentage of them had been destroyed during a time of Anglican fundamentalism.