does PLD feel like a holy class yet?

[Seku]

Actually to be honest every player character in the game lore seems to be holy as we're all the servants of Hydolien w/e her name is and going out to banish the darkness....so in a way we're all paladins. ;D

[Alphras]

Problem is, you're still wrong when you say that PLD "was never really holy".
Lorewise, the first real PLD (Cecil) is definitely holy and White Magic is frequently tied to holy (Hence the white magic spell by the same name). In fact, when Kain does the same trial as Cecil, his job become a Holy Dragoon.

Rest assured, if someone said that PLD has "always" been holy, they'd be wrong too.

"never" and "always" do not suffer exceptions.

Yes there are holy themes in every Final Fantasy game. But I still think the OP is thinking more in western directions, where the Paladin is usually tied to a holy task/everything that is good and righteous and is using powers granted by his deity (exaggerated statement, that is not the case in every game of course).

I actually tried to make a relative statement (hence "never really holy"). It seems that didn't come through. English is not my main language.