Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Praying to Saints is Christian and Biblical, and all Christians should do it. This video explains the logic, philosophy, and biblical principles behind praying to Saints and the Orthodox arguments surrounding it.
Many Protestants criticize praying to Saints, their main arguments are:
Praying to Saints is idolatry
Saints are dead
Just pray to God
Saints can't hear your prayers
And other such arguments, all of which are explained very clearly in this video.
The Orthodox Christian practice is also part of traditional and historical Christianity, but this video does not cover that aspect mainly because it's already very clearly there by the time of the 4th century and traces of it is evident starting from the time of the apostles and their students (See martyrdom of St. Polycarp for instance).
Although Roman Catholics and even Orientals believe in this practice as well, the theological explanation behind it due to the essence energy distinction is not present within those heresies, which is why praying to saints as an act of recognizing God's glory and grace in them is unique to Orthodoxy, since in Orthodoxy we believe that we partake of God's energies without mediation (and if there's such a mediation to speak of, it is the Word of God Himself, and not a separate uniquely created mediation).
Another potential argument is the "One Mediator" argument Protestants love to use, this argument is also refuted in this video I've made: youtu.be/iYnDt0VF_aw?si=GzEWrfy__asTmsek
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Praying to Saints is Christian and Biblical, and all Christians should do it. This video explains the logic, philosophy, and biblical principles behind praying to Saints and the Orthodox arguments surrounding it.
Many Protestants criticize praying to Saints, their main arguments are:
Praying to Saints is idolatry
Saints are dead
Just pray to God
Saints can't hear your prayers
And other such arguments, all of which are explained very clearly in this video.
The Orthodox Christian practice is also part of traditional and historical Christianity, but this video does not cover that aspect mainly because it's already very clearly there by the time of the 4th century and traces of it is evident starting from the time of the apostles and their students (See martyrdom of St. Polycarp for instance).
Although Roman Catholics and even Orientals believe in this practice as well, the theological explanation behind it due to the essence energy distinction is not present within those heresies, which is why praying to saints as an act of recognizing God's glory and grace in them is unique to Orthodoxy, since in Orthodoxy we believe that we partake of God's energies without mediation (and if there's such a mediation to speak of, it is the Word of God Himself, and not a separate uniquely created mediation).
Another potential argument is the "One Mediator" argument Protestants love to use, this argument is also refuted in this video I've made: youtu.be/iYnDt0VF_aw?si=GzEWrfy__asTmsek
Shoutouts to all of my Financiers:
Nathan
Carter
The Gooz Father
Abraham
Carl
Dejan
Marko
Teodor
Vander
Sean
Larry
Andy
Payton
Gigachad
Quinn
Shaun
Bryan
Marko
Diet Sodalite
Eddie
Node
Maximus
Seraphim
Vlad
Cary
Nektarios
Norbert
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