Saint
<p >A <b>saint</b> is a holy person.<sup id="cite_ref-Wycliffe_0-0" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint#cite_note-Wycliffe-0" >[1]</a></sup> In various <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religions" title="Religions" class="mw-redirect" >religions</a>, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holiness" title="Holiness" >holiness</a>.
In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity" >Christian usage</a>, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven_(Christianity)" title="Heaven (Christianity)" >heaven</a> or in earth.<sup id="cite_ref-Wycliffe_0-1" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint#cite_note-Wycliffe-0" >[1]</a></sup>(<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bibref.hebtools.com/?book=%202Corinthians&verse=5:17&src=9" >2Corinthians 5:17</a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bibref.hebtools.com/?book=%20Ephesians&verse=3:14-19&src=9" >Ephesians 3:14-19</a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bibref.hebtools.com/?book=%202Corinthians&verse=13:5&src=9" >2Corinthians 13:5</a>) In Orthodox and Catholic teachings, all Christians in heaven are considered to be saints, but some are considered to be worthy of higher honor, emulation, or veneration.<sup id="cite_ref-bebis_1-0" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint#cite_note-bebis-1" >[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cat2_2-0" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint#cite_note-cat2-2" >[3]</a></sup>
In the Christian <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible" title="Bible" >Bible</a>, only one person is expressly called a saint: "They envied Moses also in the camp, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron" title="Aaron" >Aaron</a> the saint of the LORD." (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bibref.hebtools.com/?book=%20Psalms&verse=106:16-18&src=9" >Psalms 106:16-18</a>) The apostle <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_the_apostle" title="Paul the apostle" class="mw-redirect" >Paul</a> declared himself to be "less than the least of all saints" in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bibref.hebtools.com/?book=%20Ephesians&verse=3:8&src=9" >Ephesians 3:8</a>.
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<h2 >See also</h2>
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<td ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Saints" title="Portal:Saints" >Saints portal</a></td>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_of_saints" title="Calendar of saints" >Calendar of saints</a></li>
<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communion_of_Saints" title="Communion of Saints" >Communion of Saints</a></li>
<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregation_for_the_Causes_of_Saints" title="Congregation for the Causes of Saints" >Congregation for the Causes of Saints</a> </li>
<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coptic_saints" title="Coptic saints" >Coptic saints</a></li>
<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnostic_saint" title="Gnostic saint" class="mw-redirect" >Gnostic saint</a></li>
<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagiography" title="Hagiography" >Hagiography</a></li>
<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icon" title="Icon" >Icon</a></li>
<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercession_of_saints" title="Intercession of saints" >Intercession of saints</a></li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_canonizations" title="List of canonizations" >List of canonizations</a></li>
<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_saints" title="List of saints" >List of saints</a></li>
<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jesuit_Saints" title="List of Jesuit Saints" class="mw-redirect" >List of Jesuit Saints</a></li>
<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Russian_saints" title="List of Russian saints" >List of Russian saints</a></li>
<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyrology" title="Martyrology" >Martyrology</a></li>
<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patron_saint" title="Patron saint" >Patron saint</a></li>
<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tzadik" title="Tzadik" >Tzadik</a></li>
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