Saints?

[SacredHeartFan]

Can people from the old testament be saints, or do they have to be catholic to be cannonized?
i just think people like Moses, Aron, and King David, etc. should be cannonized.

 

[Pax]

Moses, Isaiah, and the other great figures of the OT are considered to be saints. The process of canonization came along later within the New Testament Church. Even though formal canonizations have never been used for OT and even NT individuals, you can rest assured that the Church recognizes them as saints.

 

[markadm]

What Pax said.

Indeed there is something, maybe a litany or something, from one of the Eastern Churches that mentions some O.T. Saints.

 

[jfallaw]

i was always upset that i wasn’t named after a saint til i looked on the Catholic Answers website saints section and found- Joshua, son of Nun!

*oops my bad it was actually catholic.org/saints/

 

[colliric]

What Pax said.

Indeed there is something, maybe a litany or something, from one of the Eastern Churches that mentions some O.T. Saints.

Actually it’s our church… we have a dedicated feast day for Saint Abraham, Saint Issac and Saint Jacob!

I’m not sure why they are the only official saints from the Old Testament who have feast days, but its mentioned in my book of saints.

 

[James0235]

The patriarchs, prophets and certain other Old Testament figures have been and always will be honoured as saints in all the Church’s liturgical traditions.
CCC 61

 

[AJV]

Can people from the old testament be saints, or do they have to be catholic to be cannonized?
i just think people like Moses, Aron, and King David, etc. should be cannonized.

They are saints. The Church’s “saint book” is the martyrology and these names are listed in them. I have some old Mass texts for a lot of the OT saints- I’m trying to get some post-69 ones, but so far no luck except for Elijah

 

[Deacon_Ed_B]

A saint is anyone who is in heaven. Canonization is not necessary to be a saint. All this process is, is the official recognition by the Church that this particular person IS a saint, meaning that this person IS in heaven. Each of us, if we get to heaven, whether canonized or not will be a saint. This is why we have the feast of “All Saints Day” It is to recognize all those in heaven not canonized.
Deacon Ed B

 

[misterbee]

Here’s a rather lengthy list of OT Saints:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Old_Testament_saints

I’ll never forget how surprised I was when I found out there was a ‘Saint Adam.’ I don’t know why I was so surprised… I guess it was just unexpected to a 10 year old.