Saints and Hell

[Bballer32]

Hello Everyone!

My question is pretty simple.

If someone is declared a saint by the Church but in eternity is actually in hell (now God Is the final judge) are they still considered Saints in heaven?

Or how would that work? Would the Holy Spirit tell us if this person should be a saint or not (which i know happens).

 

[stephe1987]

There is a process of canonization… there is a reason why they are declared saints. The Church doesn’t just randomly pick dead people and say they’re in heaven.

 

[Glacies]

In general canonizations are considered to fall under the notion of Papal Infallibility. [1] [2] This would be disproved in case one day somehow it were demonstrated that a declared Saint was not in Heaven while it should not happen as canonization requires at least two miracles attributed to the intercession of the Saint and verified by the Church. [3]

 

[louisak]

Yes, as the previous post said, the process of canonization is part of the dogmatic teaching authority of the Church. A declaration of sainthood means that the given person is infallibly in Heaven. I am not sure if this is true of beatifications, I think not, but I am not sure about that.