Glossary Term
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- saints
- Transliteration
- saints
Saints
Real denominational contest among English speakers: Catholic and Orthodox usage reserves ‘saint’ for a formally canonized, exceptionally holy figure (with a capital S and a title, e.g. ‘Saint Francis’), while Romans 1:7 uses it for every ordinary believer in the Roman church. Protestant/Evangelical readers are more likely to already read it corporately, but this curriculum should state the inclusive sense explicitly given the word’s split usage across the wider English-speaking Christian world.