Prayers to the Saints: Necromancy

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Prayers to the Saints: Necromancy

Introduction

Catholic and Orthodox practices of praying to dead saints are nothing short of occultic, satanic, and abominable. Despite their flowery defenses and feeble appeals to Scripture and tradition, these practices amount to necromancy and conjuring, both of which are explicitly condemned in Scripture. The Mainstream asserts that Mankind by nature is an "immortal soul," but the truth is clear: Immortality isn't inherent to Man's nature--God alone is essentially immortal, and we as His creation are mortal--we die; when people die, they do not immediately ascend to heaven or descend to a fiery place of torment (wrongfully translated "hell") but instead sleep in the grave, unconscious, awaiting the resurrection. Therefore, there are no Saints in Heaven to pray to; therefore, Catholic and Orthodox prayers to saints are satanic deceptions.

Understanding the Nature of Man

To begin, we have to understand the nature of mankind so that we can understand what happens to humans when they pass away. Many claim that Humans are "Body, Soul, Spirit." This isn't true. We can discover the formula by looking at Genesis 2:7: "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." God formed a clay vessel (body) and put in it breath (spirit), the result of which was animation, consciousness. Thus, Man became a living soul, i.e. became alive. We see that the "formula," as it were, is the following: Body + Spirit = Living Soul (conscious human); it is not the following: Body + Spirit + Soul = Living Soul. Now the question is what happens when we die?

Understanding Death

The Bible unequivocally teaches that the dead are unconscious, devoid of thought or awareness, and remain in the grave until the resurrection. This is the consistent testimony of God’s word, and to claim otherwise is to twist Scripture into something unrecognizable, something Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestant cultists can't help themselves from doing.

Let's briefly revisit what happens at death according to the Hebrew Scriptures and then take into account a fourth fact in light of the Genesis formula.

  • Unconscious/ “Know nothing” - Ecc 9:5,10; Psa 146:3,4
  • Asleep/ Await resurrection - Joh 11:11-14, 23-26; Acts 2:29,34; Acts 7:59,60
  • The “Spirit” or “Breath” of man returns to God - Ecc 3:19-21
  • The soul (living person) who sins shall perish. So we should understand that the soul perishes - Eze 18:20; Matt 10:28

The definition of soul is the following in Strong's:

"Soul" - H5315 (Strong's) - Nephesh: nephesh, neh'-fesh; from H5314; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental):—any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, × dead(-ly), desire, × (dis-) contented, × fish, ghost, greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, × jeopardy of) life (× in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, slay, soul, tablet, they, thing, (× she) will, × would have it.

The Definition of "Soul" in the Brown-Driver-Brings Lexicon is the following:

"Soul" - H5315 (Strong's) - Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon - Nephesh: 756 noun feminineGenesis 49:6 (so even Genesis 2:19; Numbers 31:28; 1 Kings 19:2 see AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 42 SS) soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion (Ecclesiasticus 3:18; 4:1 (twice in verse); Ecclesiasticus 4:2 (twice in verse); Ecclesiasticus 13:12; Ecclesiasticus 14:11); — × ׳ Genesis 1:20

D.d. Ezekiel 18:20 means the following: "The 'breathing creature' that sins shall die." Jesus said in Matthew 10:28 that God can destroy the vessel (body) and "the soul" (the living creature) in Gehenna fire. This simply means that the entirety of the living person is vanquished.

Considering the simple fact that Man is unconscious at death, nowhere in Heaven or a place of torment as a conscious being, the justification for praying to any Saint in Heaven is unwarranted.

Praying to Saints: Necromancy in Disguise

Catholic and Orthodox practices rely on the false premise that Saints are alive in heaven, aware, and able to intercede for the living. This is a direct contradiction of biblical truth. Aside from the fact that Jesus is our only Heavenly mediator, praying to Saints is nothing more than communication with the dead, which God condemns in the strongest terms: Deuteronomy 18:10-12 (YLT) explicitly forbids necromancy:

There is not found in thee... one seeking unto the dead. For the abomination of Jehovah is every one doing these...

Praying to Saint's is an attempt to conjure the dead--an obvious abomination. The saints are dead, unconscious in the grave, incapable of hearing prayers or interceding. To address prayers to them is not only futile but an act of rebellion against God’s commands.

Catholic and Orthodox Defenses: Satanic Deceptions

Catholic and Orthodox defenders argue that Saints are alive in heaven, citing verses like Revelation 6:9-10 (souls crying out) and Matthew 22:32 ("God is not the God of the dead but of the living"). But these interpretations are flawed for two simple reasons, besides the aforementioned facts:

  1. Contextually, the entire book of Revelation is symbolic; Revelation 6:9-10 is symbolic, not literal. The imagery of souls crying out is a vision, not a description of literal conscious activity. This one passage doesn't override the clear teaching from the rest of preceding Scriptures that the dead are unconscious.
     
  2. Matthew 22:32 refers to the promise of resurrection, not the present state of the dead. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are alive in God’s plan, but they are not yet resurrected or conscious. To reiterate, this one passage doesn't override the clear teaching from the rest of the many preceding Scriptures that prove the dead are unconscious and not alive anywhere.

Catholic and Orthodox apologists justify their satanic practices by imagining more than any Biblical context permits. They claim that praying to Saints is merely asking for intercession, akin to asking a living friend to pray. This is a lie. The saints are not alive; they are dead and cannot hear. Catholic and Orthodox defenders frequently point to James 5:16 to justify their occultism:

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

This verse, however, clearly refers to living believers praying for one another on earth. It's utterly irrelevant to prayers directed to the dead, who are unconscious and incapable of responding. The righteous man referred to in James isn't someone who has died and ascended to Heaven but someone who is alive, physically present, and able to join in prayer in accordance with God’s will. Twisting this verse, among others, to justify necromantic practices is damnable.

Conclusion

Catholic and Orthodox prayers to saints are not acts of faith but acts of witchcraft. They're rooted in Satanic deception, dressed up as piety, and aimed at diverting worship and trust away from God. The truth is simple: the dead are unconscious, asleep in their graves, and awaiting the resurrection. Praying to them is impossible, is necromancy, and an abomination condemned by God that will place practitioners in the Lake of Fire.