{"id":18599,"date":"2025-02-13T13:05:56","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T13:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=18599"},"modified":"2026-11-05T22:57:19","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T22:57:19","slug":"protestant-saint-definition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/protestant-saint-definition\/","title":{"rendered":"\u65b0\u6559\u5f92\u76f8\u4fe1\u5723\u5f92\u5417\uff1f"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Yes, Protestants believe in saints, and they use the word the way the New Testament does, for every believer in Christ. Paul addressed his letters &quot;to the saints&quot; of whole churches. What Protestants do not do is pray to saints or canonize them, though Lutheran and Anglican churches keep calendars that remember Christians of the past. Paul gave the name to ordinary people: he called the Corinthians saints in the opening lines of a letter that goes on to rebuke\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes: Protestants call every believer a saint, as Paul&#039;s letters do. They do not pray to saints, though some of their churches keep calendars of them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104597,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-18599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2455,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/angels-vs-saints\/","url_meta":{"origin":18599,"position":0},"title":"Angels vs Saints: Both Holy, but People Do Not Become Angels","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"24 5 \u6708, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Angels are spirits; saints are people made holy. 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