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- The English word saint comes from the Latin sanctus, with the Greek equivalent being ἅγιος (hagios) 'holy'.
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Answer: The word “saint” refers to one who is holy, deriving from the Latin “sanctus.” And to grow in holiness means to increasingly become more like God, which requires radical childlikeness, the antithesis of pride (Matt. 18:1-3; 19:13-15).
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The English word saint comes from the Latin sanctus, with the Greek equivalent being ἅγιος (hagios) 'holy'. [7] The word ἅγιος appears 229 times in the Greek New Testament, and its English translation 60 times in the corresponding text of the King James Version of the Bible. [8]
Nov 30, 2020 · The Greek word ἅγιος was translated into Latin as sanctus, which is where we get our English word saint from. Eventually, the idea developed that, even in death, holy people could pray to God on behalf of less holy people and persuade God to show favor on those people.
2 days ago · The general meaning of saint was transformed during the period of the persecutions of Christians in the Roman Empire. The martyr, the witness in blood to Christ and follower in his suffering, became the prototypical saint.
In Roman Catholicism and certain other Christian faith traditions, a saint is a holy person who is known for his or her “heroic sanctity” and who is thought to be in heaven. In the 10th century, Pope John XV formalized a process for the identification of saints.
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Jun 3, 2022 · From an adjective prefixed to the name of a canonized person, it came to be used in English by c. 1200 as a noun, "a specific canonized Christian," also "one of the elect, a member of the body of Christ, one consecrated or set apart to the service of God," also in an Old Testament sense "a pre-Christian prophet."
The great saints are often depicted as paragons of virtue and flawless believers, but each of them was a real and therefore flawed human being like you or me, who struggled to find the right way to live. Each of them suffered doubts, asked questions, and most importantly, made mistakes.
