Maombezi ya watakatifu

Maombezi ya watakatifu ni fundisho la imani la baadhi ya madhehebu ya Ukristo, kama Wakatoliki, Waorthodoksi na Waorthodoksi wa Mashariki[https://www.lacopts.org/orthodoxy/our-faith/the-saints/on-intercessions/ "On Intercessions", Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles}. Kanuni ya Imani ya Mitume inakiri ushirika wa watakatifu, ambao kwa madhehebu hayo ni msingi wa kuomba msaada wa sala zao. Hata hivyo, Waprotestanti wengi wanaikataaAugsburg Confession, Article 21, "Of the Worship of the Saints". trans. Kolb, R., Wengert, T., and Arand, C. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2000.Heidelberg Catechism , Question 55 Heidelberg Catechism , Question 94Articles of Religion, Article XIV: "Of Purgatory".

Katika majadiliano ya kiekumeni pengine madhehebu mbalimbali yalifika hatua ya kukubaliana kwa kiasi fulani "asking the saints to intercede for us expresses the solidarity of the church wherein all are meant to be of mutual support to one another. Analogous to what is done among living persons, the request directed toward a saint to pray for us is a precise expression of solidarity in Jesus Christ, through the ages and across various modes of human existence. "Francis Schüssler Fiorenza. Systematic Theology: Roman Catholic Perspectives. Fortress Press; 2011. ISBN|978-1-4514-0792-1. p. 447.

Kuhusu Uyahudi"Is it okay to ask a deceased tzaddik to pray on my behalf?" at Chabad.org  na Uislamu, suala hilo linaleta utata.

 Misingi katika Biblia 
Maombezi ya watu hai kwa watu hai
Hayo hayana shida, kwa kuwa imeshuhudiwa na sehemu nyingi za Biblia ya Kikristo, k.mf. Rom 15:30 na Yak 5:14-15, na kabla ya hapo katika Biblia ya Kiebrania, k.mf. Hes 14:19-20 na Ayu 42:8.

Maombezi ya watu hai kwa waliofariki
Kitabu kimojawapo kati ya Deuterokanoni (2 Mak 12:43-46) kinasifu wazi sala na sadaka kwa ajili ya marehemu. Inawezekana kuelewa hivyo hata desturi ya baadhi ya Wakristo wa Korintho ya "kubatizwa" kwa ajili ya waliokufa (1Kor 15:29-30).

Maombezi ya waliokufa kwa watu hai
2 Mak tena (15:14–17) kinasimulia jinsi Yuda Mmakabayo alivyoona marehemu kuhani Onia III na nabii Yeremia wakibariki jeshi la Yuda. Imani hiyo iliweza kurithiwa na Wakristo mapema sana Farley, Lawrence. "Praying to the Saints", Orthodox Church in America, August 24, 2020 Pengine yanatajwa maneno ya Ufu 6:9-10 na 8:4 "And the smoke of the incense of the prayers of the saints ascended up before God from the hand of the angel." na ya Lk 16:19-31 

Katika historia ya Kanisa
Desturi ya kuomba sala ya watakatifu wa mbinguni imethibitishwa na maandishi ya karne ya 3.  

Kati ya Mababu wa Kanisa waliofundisha uwezekano wa maombezi hayo, wanatajwa Gregori wa Nazianzo He said of his deceased father: "I am well assured that his intercession is of more avail now than was his instruction in former days, since he is closer to God, now that he has shaken off his bodily fetters, and freed his mind from the clay which obscured it";Gregory of Nazianzus, Oration 18 na Jeromu "If the Apostles and Martyrs, while still in the body, can pray for others, at a time when they must still be anxious for themselves, how much more after their crowns, victories, and triumphs are won!" 

Katika Kanisa Katoliki
Mafundisho rasmi wa Kanisa Katoliki yalisisitizwa na Mtaguso wa Trento "...the saints who reign together with Christ offer up their own prayers to God for men. It is good and useful suppliantly to invoke them, and to have recourse to their prayers, aid, and help for obtaining benefits from God, through His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, Who alone is our Redeemer and Saviour."

Katekisimu ya Kanisa Katoliki (956) imefafanua zaidi kufuatana na Mtaguso wa pili wa Vatikani The intercession of the saints. "Being more closely united to Christ, those who dwell in heaven fix the whole Church more firmly in holiness. . . . They do not cease to intercede with the Father for us, as they proffer the merits which they acquired on earth through the one mediator between God and men, Christ Jesus . . . . So by their fraternal concern is our weakness greatly helped." .

Miujiza iliyopatikana kwa maombezi ya mtu baada ya kifo chake ni kati ya masharti muhimu ya kumtangaza mwenyeheri halafu mtakatifu.

 Tanbihi 

 Viungo vya nje 
 Church Fathers on the Intercession of the Saints 
 Marian Prayers and Prayers of the Saints 
 Marian Novenas and Novenas to Saints 
 Index and Calendar of Saints 
 Salatul Istisqa, Islamic prayer for rain ceremony
 Hadith Proofs for Tawassul through the Prophet

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