I Believe inthe Communion of the Saints
The Communion of the Saints1 Corinthians 12:7; 3:21-23 Turn with me in your Bibles to 1 Corinthians 12: 7. We are working our way through the Apostles’ Creed and we come today to the affirmation that we believe in the communion of the saints. Just as we saw last week that there are different views of what it means to say, “I believe in the holy catholic Church” there are also different views of what it means to say, “I believe in the communion of the saints.” Some churches teach that this clause validates the doctrine of the intercession of the glorified saints. That is, that glorified saints in heaven pray on our behalf; they intercede on our behalf. Or, it is argued that this clause validates the doctrine that we can ask those saints to intercede for us with Christ and God, or…