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DEFENDING PRAYING TO THE SAINTS Kevin Gemma Usually when it comes to the doctrine of the prayers to the saints Protestants would demand the Catholic by saying something like, “Show me in the Bible where it says to pray to Mary or the saints!”. First there are a couple assumptions that needs to be challenged here. And second, Catholics are not obligated to prove it from the Bible because the Bible itself teaches not all of God’s word is handed down in scripture. It was also handed down through sacred oral tradition (2 Thessalonians 2:15; 1 Corinthians 11:2; 2 John 1:12; 2 Timothy 2:1-2; John 21:25). Although we aren’t obligated to prove every teaching from scripture I still believe the doctrine of the intercession of saints can still be argued for from scripture using biblical inferences. 🔶TACKLING PROTESTANT ASSUMPTIONS But before we get to the argument we must first tackle some Protestant assumptions against prayers to the saints 1 - Everything must be explicitly taught in scripture