Those inclined to the Anglo-Catholic traditions may explicitly invoke saints as intercessors in prayer. The saints are ideals and models and intercessors. Muhammad, the angels 53&colon; 26, Imams and martyrs are among the intercessors by God's will. At a lower level, more accessible as intercessors, are paintings of saints and stylites. "Repentance and works of charity are man's intercessors before God's throne". Ancestor spirits that become intercessors with deities are known as "pintakasi" or "pitulon". He was considered too holy to contact directly, hence the need for ancestral intercessors. They are conceived as standing particularly close to throne of God, and thus powerful intercessors. Philo speaks several times of "paraclete" advocates primarily in the sense of human intercessors. All of this led people to hold on to ancestral intercessors all the more. Doing away with ancestral intercessors made sense. The Intercessors of the Lamb were founded in 1980. There are allegations that many members signed over their assets to the Intercessors before 2010. The Intercessors of the Lamb have a distinctly Catholic Charismatic Renewal piety. The Intercessors For the Philippines (IFP) also organizes meetings there.