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Intercession of the Saints

The friends of God in heaven still pray for the pilgrims on earth

This is the belief that the saints in heaven pray for the faithful on earth, together with the practice of asking for their prayers. It is rooted in the early cult of the martyrs and affirmed at the Second Council of Nicaea. Catholic and Orthodox traditions hold and practice it as part of the communion of saints. Protestant traditions, by contrast, reject the invocation of saints — a difference of conviction across communions.

How it traveled

  1. The Homilies on the Statues to the People of Antioch
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  2. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  3. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    applies
  4. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Paul's Epistle to the Romans
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  5. Against Vigilantius
    Bethlehem · 420
    challenges
  6. Dialogues of Sulpitius Severus
    Toulouse (Aquitaine) · 425
    explains
  7. City of God
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  8. On Care to Be Had for the Dead
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  9. The Book of Pastoral Rule, and Selected Epistles, of Gregory the Great
    Rome · 604
    explains
  10. Selected Epistles of Gregory the Great
    Rome · 604
    explains
  11. Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It
    Geneva · 1564
    challenges
  12. Book Fourth. of the Holy Catholic Church
    Geneva · 1564
    challenges
  13. Five Sermons. On Different Occasions
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
    explains

Key passages(20)

The Homilies on the Statues to the People of Antioch · John Chrysostom

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Against Vigilantius · Jerome

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On Care to Be Had for the Dead · Augustine of Hippo

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The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom · John Chrysostom

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The Homilies on the Statues to the People of Antioch · John Chrysostom

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The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Paul's Epistle to the Romans · John Chrysostom

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Selected Epistles of Gregory the Great · Gregory the Great

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