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by Anonymous on February 16th, 2009

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Do Anglicans and Episcopalians pray to the saints?

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  • by Tom Terrific on February 16th, 2009

    Tom Terrific

    Please tell me this is not another fundamentalist who doesn't know the meaning of the word "prayer."

    I think the answer is "yes"; but since I'm not Anglo-Catholic I'll defer to those who are.

    For the record, the word "prayer" is not limited to the context of worship; otherwise, every attorney who files a complaint would be an idolator for worshipping the court. Attorneys and Catholics still use the word in its old-fashioned sense, that of "petition" or "beg." Prayer to saints is simply petitioning them to pray for something or for someone. Why? Because saints are people who are in heaven, and are therefore righteous; and "the prayer of a righteous man availeth much" (James 5:16).

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  • by Im Alec has abandoned this account on October 6th, 2011

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    No. Anglican theology only recognises saints as particularly virtuous people whose example is to be followed, not as special people who have powers of intercession with God. The sainthood, to Anglicans, is just a "Hall of Fame", not a privileged group in the afterlife. Therefore prayers to them would be pointless. In protestant theology, the relationship of all humans is directly with God, and nobody has the power to intercede for better or for worse.

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  • by James_P1099 on October 6th, 2011

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    They shouldn't we honour saints and respect them as the Holy People of God and we seek their prayers, but our 'prayers', are only for God, through Christ!

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  • by MR2David on February 17th, 2011

    MR2David

    No. Anglicans and Episcopalians do not recognize saints.

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  • by revbruce on January 17th, 2011

    revbruce

    All prayer is "routed" through Christ who is the head of His body. In the Transfiguration (Luke 9: 28-36,) Jesus is seen speaking to Moses and Elijah by the apostles Peter, John, and James. In chronological sequence, Jesus has not yet been put to death, raised, and glorified when the transfiguration event occurs. But Moses and Elijah have already made the transition. As an Episcopalian priest with an Anglo-Catholic bent, my prayers of intercessions to the "saints" and the "Saints" is communicated and delivered to them through Christ, with Him, and in Him.

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