Talk:Intercession of saints

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[edit] 53:26

53:26 is taken out of context and mistranslated, Arabic is my first language, the last part of the verse means exept for whom he wants and accepts (could be both the intercessor and the person being Interceeded for too) , I'll find a supporting translation somewhere ;) --The Brain 21:12, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Overabundance of Muslim quotations

This focus of this article is a specifically Christian practice. It should not be a forum for non-Christians (or even Christians!) to hash out their theological differences or to try to convert one another, but to describe the practice, its history, its context, and so forth. If Muslims do believe in intercession of saints, then information of this length may be warranted if it were original material, but still No sermons! That said, these are mostly quotation piled on top of quotation. This is not the wikipedia way.

As interesting as the Muslim information is, it ought to be moved (if it is not there already) to the more general Intercession article, or perhaps wikisource, with a link ("see also") from here and (a very few) select quotes to illustrate the different positions within Muslim practice.

→ (AllanBz ✎) 09:58, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] doctrine common to the vast majority of the world's Christians

I have requested a citation for this claim and have reverted citations which merely linked to two other Wikipedia pages. Wikipedia is not considered a verifiable source. My concern is that this doctrine is NOT common to the vast majority of the world's Christians. It is a doctrine common to Roman Catholicism. The user who added these citations to the article (User:72.145.42.109) also amended:

• "from the Catholic and Orthodox Churches perspective, as well as "High Church" Anglican/Episcopalianism and certain Old Lutheran perspective"

so that it read

• "From the Catholic and Orthodox Churches perspective, as well as Anglican/Episcopalian and old line Lutheran perspective".

This is not true. The 39 Articles, the bedrock rule-book of Anglicanism, specifically refutes the doctrine of the intercession of the saints.

If a source for the top line claim isn't found within a fortnight then I intend to re-write it to make clear that this is a Roman Catholic doctrine (which is what it is) rather than a doctrine common to Christianity as a whole. 87.127.44.154 05:34, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Comment from "Sine Nomine." I would like to see the primary source citation(s) showing the earliest references to this practice in the primitive church. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.249.61.66 (talk) 16:04, 31 December 2007 (UTC)