Protestant "Saints" - Who would choose to "Canonize"

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Joseph Priestley

for:

– re-founding Unitarianism

–discovering oxygen

–changing Thos. Jefferson’s mind about religion.

One of the (many) advantages of the Protestant and other non-Catholic churches is that they don’t have saints.
 
Joseph Priestley

for:

– re-founding Unitarianism

–discovering oxygen

–changing Thos. Jefferson’s mind about religion.

One of the (many) advantages of the Protestant and other non-Catholic churches is that they don’t have saints.
Well, being as we said that any holy person is a ‘saint’, living, dead, declared so or not, they most certainly have saints!

And some non-Catholic churches have gone further - I know Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family were canonised by the Russian Orthodox Church, and so was Charles I of England by the Anglicans.

Of course most Protestants would recognise the Apostles at least as capital-S Saints, they name their churches after 'em often enough to demonstrate this.
 
Joseph Priestley

for:

– re-founding Unitarianism

–discovering oxygen

–changing Thos. Jefferson’s mind about religion.

One of the (many) advantages of the Protestant and other non-Catholic churches is that they don’t have saints.
Without getting too carried away and derailing the thread, I would be interested in knowing why you say this.
The Saints of the Church are people considered to have exemplified in some extrordinary way or another the truest example of being Christlike.
These are people held up as worthy of emulation.

Peace
James
 
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Feanor:
I think many Protestants are great but how could any Christian not under apostolic succession even be considered for sainthood. Seems an odd question to me- a nice gesture of ecumenism though.
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Hisalone:
Hey Bud get used to it.
Heaven is going to be full of SDA and Baptists and all sorts you dont much like.
Cool your jets, Hisalone. 🙂 Feanor only means that Christians who are not Catholics can’t receive formal recognition by the Church as a "S"aint, not that non-Catholics can’t be saints and won’t be in heaven. Okay? 😃
 
N.F.S Grundtvig is one that comes to mind.
He was instrumental in the Awakening which took place in Danish society in the mid 1800s, and although people today abuse his name to justify all kinds of ungodliness, the man himself was Christian to the core.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grundtvig

Ivan Vasilevitch Moisejev, a Christian soldier in the USSR who was murdered by the Commies in the most horrible way, for refusing to deny Christ, but not before causing so much “trouble” by the testimony his life was, that at many of his comrades and superiors, indoctrinated with atheism, wondered if there indeed was a God.

Etc…
 
Thanks LutherenDK, This is just the kind of post I was hoping for. The name and a brief description of why you feel they would deserve to be considered a saint, or at least “saintly”.

To everyone who has posted people so far, Thanks.
The range of names is quite impressive. I haven’t been able to go back and compile a “list”, or to research some of the names that were given without explanation. What is interesting to me is the number of people I’ve not heard of. It demonstrates the large number of “nameless saints” we may encounter in all Christian walks.

Please continue.

Peace
James
 
Annie Johnson Flint: preceptaustin.org/annie_johnson_flint’s_biography.htm

She wrote:
HE GIVETH MORE GRACE

He giveth more grace when the burdens grow greater,
He sendeth more strength when the labors increase;
To added affliction He addeth His mercy,
To multiplied trials, His multiplied peace.

When we have exhausted our store of endurance,
When our strength has failed ere the day is half done,
When we reach the end of our hoarded resources,
Our Father’s full giving is only begun.

His love has no limit, His grace has no measure;
His power no boundary known unto men;
For out of His infinite riches in Jesus
He giveth and giveth and giveth again.
…as well as many other poems, some quoted on that site…She lived a life of constant suffering, but through it all, she maintained a life of prayer, and wrote poem upon poem about Our Lord.

Someone mentioned Amy Carmichael:
tlogical.net/biocarmichael.htm

Gladys Aylward is often known only as a character in an Ingrid Bergman film; she was much more:
tlogical.net/bioaylward.htm
 
C.S. Lewis - saint of authors and children

A. T. Robertson - saint of Biblical scholarship

W. A. Criswell - saint of pastors

So, no one wants to nominate Alexander Hyslip as patron saint of conspiracy threorists?
 
Without getting too carried away and derailing the thread, I would be interested in knowing why you say this.
The Saints of the Church are people considered to have exemplified in some extraordinary way or another the truest example of being Christlike.
These are people held up as worthy of emulation.

Peace
James
You’re derailing the thread.

This is a NON-CATHOLIC(sub)forum. It is not a Catholic (sub)forum. Non-Catholics and non-Christians can post here. Some feel that this thread should be subdivided. Until then, the subject matter can include non-Catholics of all sorts, including non-Christians.

Catholics go farther in their saint-making process than what you describe. The pope, who created RC saints, alleges that they are in heaven and have worked miracles and have lives worthy of emulation. This can lead down a number of roads that Non-Catholics don’t usually go, and I won’t go down them here.
Non-Catholics include people who aren’t Protestant, and who have people that they emulate or admire, too—like Joseph Priestley.

Others include Janucz Korczak (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Korczak)), an assimilated non-religious Jewish pediatrician, who refused many opportunities to flee, who accompanied almost 200 Jewish children from the orphanage he operated in Warsaw–into Treblinka, where they all perished; this man is as admirable as the sainted Catholics who also died.

Another is Norbert Capek, A Czech-born Unitarian minister who came to the US, returned to Czechoslovakia after WWI, and despite many opportunities to return to the US, chose to stay, preach opposition to the Nazi regime, and be imprisoned, t0rtured and executed.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norbert_%C4%8Capek
 
You’re derailing the thread.

This is a NON-CATHOLIC(sub)forum. It is not a Catholic (sub)forum. Non-Catholics and non-Christians can post here. Some feel that this thread should be subdivided. Until then, the subject matter can include non-Catholics of all sorts, including non-Christians.
Yes I realize that my question was “off topic” and I certainly never meant to imply that you were not welcome. My intended question was why you feel that not having “saints” is an advantage for non-catholics.
Catholics go farther in their saint-making process than what you describe. The pope, who created RC saints, alleges that they are in heaven and have worked miracles and have lives worthy of emulation. This can lead down a number of roads that Non-Catholics don’t usually go, and I won’t go down them here.
I agree that the catholic process involves more than what I described. It is because of the various Doctrinal differences that I limited my request the way I did. As to your description of what the Church alleges, itis somewhat inaccurate but, like you, I won’t get into that here. that would be a subject for another thread.
Non-Catholics include people who aren’t Protestant, and who have people that they emulate or admire, too—like Joseph Priestley.
I never said he wasn’t admirable. As a matter of fact, most of the people proposed so far I had never heard of before. That is one thing that makes the thread so interesting. We learn of other people that we might wish to investigate and learn from.
Others include Janucz Korczak (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Korczak)), an assimilated non-religious Jewish pediatrician, who refused many opportunities to flee, who accompanied almost 200 Jewish children from the orphanage he operated in Warsaw–into Treblinka, where they all perished; this man is as admirable as the sainted Catholics who also died.
Another is Norbert Capek, A Czech-born Unitarian minister who came to the US, returned to Czechoslovakia after WWI, and despite many opportunities to return to the US, chose to stay, preach opposition to the Nazi regime, and be imprisoned, t0rtured and executed.
These are also goo names of people I’d never heard of. Thanks for posting them.
 
Thomas Starr King, another Universalist, then Unitarian ‘saint’;

uuworld.org/news/articles/6116.shtml

–a great preacher and orator, whose fiery sermons kept California from adopting slavery before the Civil War, also strongly preached on social justice, and attracted a huge following. Died in his 30’s of diphtheria and pneumonia. Had a statue in the rotunda, where each state has a statue of a favorite son (usually), but recently replaced by another favorite son, Ronald Reagan.

Sigh

Sic transit omnia.
 
Since the thread seems to be dying off a bit I took the time to quickly compile a list of most of the names submitted. It’s quite a list too. Thanks to every one who dropped a name and if any others come to mind jump right in.

So here goes:

Jonanthan Edwards
an evangelist in the early to mid 1700’s. He is credited with starting/leading the Great Awakening in America
Lottie Moon
a missionary to China who gave her live for the Chinese to help the poor even though there was war and famine. She often gave what food she had to feed the poor.
Jim and Elizabeth Elliot
missionary to south america where he gave his life to witness jesus to the tribes their. His sacrificed turned around the tribes behavior from a culture of killing to one following scriptures and turning their lives around. His Wife Elizabeth Elliot was also instrumental.
** John Wesley**
John Wesely was an instrument used for the conversion of hundreds of thousands.
He built hospitals and orphanages
He wrote numerous books and hymns.
On a side note he died with $34 to his name.
Charles Spurgeon
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Spurgeon
John Bunyan
Wrote Pilgrims Progress. He was thrown in Jail by Charels the 2nd for preaching
** Wendell Phillips, William Lloyd Garrison, and Harriet Beecher Stowe **
for their fight against slavery
** Dietrich_Bonhoeffer**
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietrich_Bonhoeffer
** John Newton**
Ex captain on a slave cargo ship, after conversion wrote the most influential and well known him in history - Amazing Grace.
** William Wilberforce**
Chief British abolitionist
** Dr Martin Luther King**
for his contribution to civil rights in America
Dr Albert Schweitzer
Nobel Peace Prize winner, who did great work in Africa as a doctor and combined this with a great interest in theology and missionary
Mary Dyer
Quaker martyr, hanged on Boston Commons
E. Stanley Jones
Methodist author
Thomas R. Kelly
Quaker mystic, wrote “Testament of Devotion”
** Clive Staples (Jack) Lewis**
the author of Mere Christianity and The Chronicles of Narnia, among other Christian works. He led a holy life, was good to those in need, and his writings still help people find God and/or a deeper relationship with God
** Betsie ten Boom**
an inspiration and a blessing to others in the concentration camp, helping others, praying with people, giving others encouragement while never complaining or saying anything bad about their torturers. A truly holy woman.
** Eric Liddell**
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Liddell
** Charles Finney**
revivalist professor
** Cassie Bernall**
The Columbine HS girl who said “yes” at gunpoint when asked if she believed in God.
** George Fox**
founder of the Society of Friends.
** Joseph Priestley**
For re-founding Unitarianism, discovering oxygen, changing Thos. Jefferson’s mind about religion.
N.F.S Grundtvig
He was instrumental in the Awakening which took place in Danish society in the mid 1800s, and although people today abuse his name to justify all kinds of ungodliness, the man himself was Christian to the core.
Ivan Vasilevitch Moisejev
A Christian soldier in the USSR who was murdered by the Commies in the most horrible way, for refusing to deny Christ, but not before causing so much “trouble” by the testimony his life was, that at many of his comrades and superiors, indoctrinated with atheism, wondered if there indeed was a God.
** Annie Johnson Flint**
She lived a life of constant suffering, but through it all, she maintained a life of prayer, and wrote poem upon poem about Our Lord.
** A. T. Robertson –
saint of Biblical scholarship
W. A. Criswell
saint of pastors
Janucz Korczak
An assimilated non-religious Jewish pediatrician, who refused many opportunities to flee, who accompanied almost 200 Jewish children from the orphanage he operated in Warsaw–into Treblinka, where they all perished.
Norbert Capek
A Czech-born Unitarian minister who came to the US, returned to Czechoslovakia after WWI, and despite many opportunities to return to the US, chose to stay, preach opposition to the Nazi regime, and be imprisoned, t0rtured and executed.
** AW Toze**
excellent preacher who would probably be the n-C equivalent of Thomas A. Kempis though to a somewhat lesser degree.
** Thomas Starr King**
a great preacher and orator, whose fiery sermons kept California from adopting slavery before the Civil War, also strongly preached on social justice, and attracted a huge following. Died in his 30’s of diphtheria and pneumonia. Had a statue in the rotunda, where each state has a statue of a favorite son (usually), but recently replaced by another favorite son, Ronald Reagan**
 
This is a great interesting eye opening thread James…thanks for coming up with it. I know my answer is not what you are looking for, but wanted to post it anyway. I think anybody that has died and made it to heaven is a saint…don’t need man to make me one or say that, God has. I also think Mother Theresa should be sainted by whoever (which she already has been by God) but I think she should officially be made sainted by your church and the heck with 25 years…no greater person lived a life of Godly love that she did. On a personal note of someone that I KNOW is a saint and he died on Thanksgiving 2008, that would be my grandfather. I know of no one personally lived a better Christian life than him. He for me was a true example of how to live a Christian life and I thank God for being able to say I am his granddaughter and hope I can live the life he did. Again, I know this is not what you were looking for, but just had to comment on it in memory of my grandfather. God Bless You.
 
This is a great interesting eye opening thread James…thanks for coming up with it. I know my answer is not what you are looking for, but wanted to post it anyway. I think anybody that has died and made it to heaven is a saint…don’t need man to make me one or say that, God has.
Of course you are right. All those in heaven are saints. The Church recognizes certain persons as “named” saints for… Well I won’t try to go into the criteria… but for living lives worthy of emulation.
I also think Mother Theresa should be sainted by whoever (which she already has been by God) but I think she should officially be made sainted by your church and the heck with 25 years…no greater person lived a life of Godly love that she did.
The 25 years was my invention for the purpose of this thread. I wanted the persons posted to be those that “history” shows to have lasting influence. 25 years was a sort of arbitrary number on my part.
As to Mother Theresa, I don’t doubt but that she will be canonized soon. I also feel (or hope) that our dearly departed and saintly Pope John Paul II will be canonized in a relatively short time. His fatherly Love and strength is an inspiration to all catholic and non-catholic alike.
On a personal note of someone that I KNOW is a saint and he died on Thanksgiving 2008, that would be my grandfather. I know of no one personally lived a better Christian life than him. He for me was a true example of how to live a Christian life and I thank God for being able to say I am his granddaughter and hope I can live the life he did. Again, I know this is not what you were looking for, but just had to comment on it in memory of my grandfather. God Bless You.
Someone else had posted their grandmother. A wonderful gesture on both your parts. I too had a grandfather and grandmother who lived lives truely devoted to God. It’s wonderful to look back and see this remarkable lineage some of us come from, especially if, like me, we’ve spent a lot of time away from God in our lives.

Thanks for the posting.
Maybe we should start a thread for those we know wh we think are in heaven and why.

Peace
James
 
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