Praying to the Saints / Praying for the
Dead
Christians from the earliest
centuries of the Church have
expressed their communion with
those who have died by
praying for the dead.
Inscriptions in the Roman
catacombs indicate that the early
Christians honored and prayed
for their deceased relatives
and friends.
Tertullian (211)
Wrote that Christians offered
prayer and
the Eucharist for the deceased
on the
anniversaries of their death.
