I’m not very religious, but whenever I travel to European countries there’s always a local “Patron Saint” that the locals admonish or pray to (like Saint Sebastien – Patron Saint of Mallorca, or Saint Lucy in Venice being the Patron Saint of the blind). My question is, how is this not technically polytheistic? I thought you were only supposed to pray to God? Thanks!
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Saints were real documented people from history, not gods or God incarnate.
You don’t pray to the saints, exactly. You pray to God and keep that saint in mind, as a way of showing respect to the good people of the past.
Some interpretations say the saint becomes an angel who watches over you and can interfere much more directly than God does.
A lot of it is open to interpretation, as all religions are.
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