Glossary Term
Risk: High- Approved rendering
- 聖徒
- Transliteration
- seito
- Rejected alternatives
- 聖者, 菩薩
Saints
NEVER use 菩薩 (bosatsu, a bodhisattva, a being who has attained enlightenment but remains to help others — a specific, elevated Buddhist category). 聖者 (a Buddhist arhat/holy sage) similarly names a rare achiever class. 聖徒 applies corporately to all ordinary believers (Romans 1:7).