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Originally Posted by Romeo Rovagnati
My definition of saint is the same of the whole Catholic Church: someone who gave the example of the Christian teachings and earned a special place in heaven, along with some devotion from Catholic believers.
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You seem to be suggesting that there are degrees of bliss. By that standard I suppose Thomas More, virulent heretic extraordinaire, gets one of your better seats? But he opposed anyone's reading The Bible in a language they could understand and thus the elucidation of God's Will by the medium He
(God) had chosen.
By announcing this ardent murderer to have been elevated in sanctity your amassed credibility plunges lower into the mire than any creed before it. What better example of Christian teachings could there be than Jesus Himself? Are some fruits of a lesser vine than others? Jesus explains it this way:
John 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing
According to "Saint" Thomas More I should be murdered for presenting Christ's teaching like that.