Catholic to be sainted?

[1ke]

Does anyone here know if there are any non-Catholic saints? Maybe the question has been answered, and I am being dense. I apologize if that is the case.

There aren’t any. As has already been stated, the Church canonizes only Catholics. Those held up to sainthood that predate the current process were also Catholics.

 

[Peepers]

Yes, that all makes sense. I was also curious in the history of all this. It appears that a number of people who may not even have existed have been canonized by acclamation, and some about whom very little is known, and some who have been de-canonized (St Christopher and St Philomena). I have also found references to St Expedite, which reminded me of the Catholic church in New Orleans. The story goes that “Expedite” we printed on the crate that a statue was shipped in. The folks who received the crate thought that was the name of the saint inside. The statue of St Expedite is still standing in the Church of our Lady of Guadalupe. I still don’t quite understand the infallibility doctrine. On the one hand, I read that St Augustine claims that canonization is an infallible process, and on the other St Christopher is later deemed to no longer belong to the Canon (is that correct use of the word?)

What is considered to be infallible, and what is not considered so? How is this decided, and by whom?

 

[kimmielittle]

I would not say necessarily either that the process has always required one to be Catholic. After all St Joseph was a Jewish Carpenter. St Anne - was Jewish. However, here is the main issue - while I think we can say theologically that there is a chance for salvation - I am not sure that we can honestly say that those who believe in schismatic theology should be Canonized. This would be giving credence to other doctrines such as consubstantiation, etc. These are just other points and problems I saw here in this discussion. God bless.

Jewish Carpenter - by blood He was Jewish…by conversion He was Christian -

Christan before Calvin or Luther…etc separations.

St Luke was a Greek… uncircumcised.

 

[joanofarc2008]

Jewish Carpenter - by blood He was Jewish…by conversion He was Christian -

Christan before Calvin or Luther…etc separations.

St Luke was a Greek… uncircumcised.

I would disagree with this statement. You can say Christian and I would agree to the point of having to do with the belief of Christ and these principles but St Joseph was dead before the last Supper and St Anne was most likely gone before the birth of Christ. So yes they were Jewish by blood and Christian as it pertained to them having to do with Christ but there was no Christian Church for them to have been a part of as the Christian Church had not been formed as of yet.

It would simply be a more correct statement to say that after the formation of the Christian Church there are no non-Catholic Saints although the Orthodox Church and Catholic Church do share some.