possession of a special and revelatory relation to the holy.a life often refusing material attachments or comforts.wonder worker or source of benevolent power.Coleman, SJ, of the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California, wrote that saints across various cultures and religions have the following family resemblances: Many religions also use similar concepts (but different terminology) to venerate persons worthy of some honor. The word sanctus was originally a technical one in ancient Roman religion, but due to its globalized use in Christianity the modern word saint is now also used as a translation of comparable terms for persons "worthy of veneration for their holiness or sanctity" in other religions.
The word ἅγιος appears 229 times in the Greek New Testament, and its English translation 60 times in the corresponding text of the King James Version of the Bible. The English word saint comes from the Latin sanctus, with the Greek equivalent being ἅγιος ( hagios) 'holy'. 2.8 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Depending on the religion, saints are recognized either by official ecclesiastical declaration, as in the Catholic faith, or by popular acclamation (see folk saint). While the English word saint originated in Christianity, historians of religion now use the appellation "in a more general way to refer to the state of special holiness that many religions attribute to certain people", referring to the Jewish tzadik, the Islamic walī, the Hindu rishi or Sikh guru, the Shintoist kami, and the Buddhist arhat or bodhisattva also as saints. Official ecclesiastical recognition, and consequently a public cult of veneration, is conferred on some saints through the process of canonization in the Catholic Church or glorification in the Eastern Orthodox Church. In Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, Oriental Orthodox, and Lutheran doctrine, all of their faithful deceased in Heaven are considered to be saints, but some are considered worthy of greater honor or emulation. However, the use of the term saint depends on the context and denomination.
In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. In Christian iconography, saints may also be depicted with wreaths, palm branches & white lilies.
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