> > I do not believe that the average
> > village priest, for instance, needs to have acquired a Saint
> > as a patron before invoking him.
>Interesting. Are you proposing an impersonal access to saintly blessings
>the same way the congregation gets access to the blessings of the
>Invisible God?
The congregation as a whole does not get access to the Invisible God's blessings - some exceptionally devout people might but they are far from common. I specifically said the priest invokes the Saint and hence speculation about the congregation needs to have to invoke a Saint is trivial.
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