Letter to the editor : Enjoyed article on saints

Notes: "As a Lutheran who appreciates reading the 'Anglican Journal', I found the article 'Unravelling the mystery of Anglican sainthood' in the November [2022] issue to be very interesting. The range of views expressed are also found within the wider Lutheran Church. However, as much as I think it’s appropriate that we can ask a departed believer to pray just as we might ask a believer here in this life to pray, I think motive is crucial. “God looks on the heart.” If we think that a departed believer provides a 'shortcut' to God or has 'more influence' before God, then such prayer is wrong. But it is quite appropriate in my view if 'prayer' (or really a 'request'”) to a saint-departed is simply asking that person to join in voicing a specific concern at hand. In the article I was also hoping to learn if the Anglican church has a process for determining a person to be officially remembered as a saint in somewhat the same way as the Roman Catholic Church. Thanks for this informative article". [Text of complete article.]; Author is the retired Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada bishop of Saskatchewan (1993-2002).

Subjects: Christian saints - Anglican Church of Canada; Christian saints - Lutheran Church; Christian saints - Evangelical Lutherain Church in Canada