[tiki]

BTW, I can't remember if I have ever asked you this, but since it's on topic, can you explain why so many of the Apostles' powers were transferred, but curiously, the power to physically heal was not? I have said before that if all Apostolic priests and/or Bishops could heal, and no one else could, then I would probably convert instantly.

So would a lot of people but then it would be proof rather than faith.

[Forest Keeper]

FK: "I have said before that if all Apostolic priests and/or Bishops could heal, and no one else could, then I would probably convert instantly."

So would a lot of people but then it would be proof rather than faith.

Well, Christ certainly went all over the place, performing many miracles. Why? Wasn't it to offer "proof" that He was Who He said He was? To me, faith is obviously the only thing that matters, but it just seems to me that proof by signs is "one tool" that can be used to foster that inner growing faith. I think of Thomas. Here is the money verse:

John 20:29 : Then Jesus told him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."

This is clear to me that Jesus used physical proof to cause belief, IN THIS CASE, making it, at least legitimate.