Why don't we call OT prophets Saints?

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  1. Shouldn’t the righteous and worthy prophets of the OT be canonised as well?
e.g. St Abraham, St Moses, St Elijah, St Noah
  1. Also, who do you think is worthy from the OT to be canonised and why?
 
The OT Saints are SAINTS. We call them by their Patriarchal title, rightly to remember their/our Semitic spiritual roots, just as the Apostles are titled Apostles and are Saints.

The Syriac Churches call them:

Father/Patriarch/Prophet Adam
Patriarch Abraham
Prophet Moses
Prophet Noah
Just/Righteous Job
Prophet Daniel
Glorious Prophet Isaiah
etc
 
SyroMalankara said:
The OT Saints are SAINTS. We call them by their Patriarchal title, rightly to remember their/our Semitic spiritual roots, just as the Apostles are titled Apostles and are Saints.

The Syriac Churches call them:

Father/Patriarch/Prophet Adam
Patriarch Abraham
Prophet Moses
Prophet Noah
Just/Righteous Job
Prophet Daniel
Glorious Prophet Isaiah
etc
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Wow!! That’s awesome. See, I never knew that. Need to learn more about the other Rites Catholics from the East.

I’m going to start referring to them as such. I just didn’t feel right calling them by the first name alone. They deserve more honour.

Does the Syriac churches have any Devotions to them? I haven’t seen any in the Catholic bookshops?
 
Properly speaking the Eastern Churches are proper Churches, in Communion with Rome. Rites are the Liturgical practices each of them uniquely practice based on their Traditions.

Here are some icons of the OT saints:
holy-icons.com/category/old-testament/
 
SyroMalankara said:
The OT Saints are SAINTS. We call them by their Patriarchal title, rightly to remember their/our Semitic spiritual roots, just as the Apostles are titled Apostles and are Saints.

The Syriac Churches call them:

Father/Patriarch/Prophet Adam
Patriarch Abraham
Prophet Moses
Prophet Noah
Just/Righteous Job
Prophet Daniel
Glorious Prophet Isaiah
etc
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Even in the Latin church they are saints and inscribed in the Roman Martyrology. For example, here is the entry for St. Moses, Prophet and Lawgiver (Sept. 4th):

Commemoratio sancti Moysis, prophetae, quem Deus elegit, ut populum in Aegypto oppressum liberaret et in terram promissionis adduceret; cui etiam in monte Sina sese revelavit dicens: “Ego sum qui sum”, atque legem proposuit, quae vitam populi electi regeret. Ille servus Dei in monte Nebo terrae Moab coram terra promissionis plenus dierum obiit.

“The commemoration of St. Moses, Prophet, whom God chose to liberate his people from oppresion in Egypt and bring them into the Promised Land; to whom he revealed himself on Mount Sinai saying: “I am who am” and gave him the Law to rule the life of the chosen people. The servant of God died on Mount Nebo in the land of Moab within sight of the Promised Land, full of days.”
 
porthos11 said:
Even in the Latin church they are saints and inscribed in the Roman Martyrology. For example, here is the entry for St. Moses, Prophet and Lawgiver (Sept. 4th):
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I happened to be doing a search for something else that’s thematically related, and I came across a post in the thread ‘Why no OT “saints” (No Saint Moses)’; that post quotes a page from zenit.org. The URL has changed, and the page now appears at

Invoking Old Testament Figures
The Roman Martyrology, a liturgical book first published in the 1600, collects all of the saints and blessed officially recognized by the Church and organized according to their feast day. Those classified as saints in this book may be celebrated on their feast days, provided that the day is free of any other obligatory celebration.
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Among the great saints of the Old Testament traditionally remembered in the Martyrology are the Prophet Habakkuk, celebrated on Jan. 15; Isaiah, July 6; Daniel and Elias, July 20 and 21; the Seven Maccabees and their mother, Aug. 17; Abraham, Oct. 9; and King David, Dec. 29.
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Thank you everyone for your educational replies to my post. Love it. Learning. 😃
 
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