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

[Enkidoh]

That being said, there are plenty of "holy" aspects to the Paladin. They can use White magic for one. Hallowed Ground is an obvious holy reference. Flash, Circle, Spirits Within... even Rage of Halone has a god's name in it. As for new skills, they have Divine Veil and Clemency.

Firstly, the FFXIV version of PLD does not use white magic - they can cross class Conjury spells like Cure, which is a totally different school of magic (which is more akin to the traditional Geomancer Job, in that they're actually drawn from the surrounding environment). True 'holy' White Magic is actually a forbidden art in Eorzea. And Flash, Circle of Scorn and Rage of Halone are not even PLD abilities - they're Gladiator skills, which shows, to use a pun, the real power behind the throne.

You're not even a true PLD anyway, you're just a GLA who has equipped a magic crystal that allows them to quickly master a few skills taught by the Sultansworn, Uld'ah's royal guard. If you're thinking you can be a DnD style 'holy knight' you're playing the wrong game. And as Seku said, all players are technically 'holy' in that they're the Warrior of Light, chosen by Hydaelyn Herself, regardless of whatever class or Job you happen to be.

[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.