super holy people like Saint Peter, Saint Paul, or Saint John is just not found in the Bible, much less the concept that gave birth to the roster of canonized, extrabiblical, so-called “saints” that adorns the pages of the church’s history. The Bible term “saint” is a word derived from the same root in Greek as “holy” or “sanctified.” It is employed sixty-two times in the New Testament to designate the believer.2 Always it denotes what the Christian is in Christ, never what he is or accomplishes
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