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To: Mrs. Don-o

“You seem to think that miracles granted to people who love Jesus and trust in Jesus, are to be set aside because they could be of Satan.”

I’m wary of anyone who wants us to base doctrines on such evidence, when we’ve been warned the enemy will try to manipulate us with just such evidence. It seems much more prudent to base doctrine on the Word of God, since we know the source of that communication with certainty.

“Jesus Himself was confronted by the same concern: the Pharisees charged that he drove out demons by the power of Beelzebul....”

Doesn’t seem to be a very good comparison to me. If Satan has counterfeited a miracle purporting to confirm to you that some “saint” is in heaven, this is not equivalent to casting out demons. It could very well be a lie designed to mislead you, for Satan’s purposes. There is nothing intrinsic in that kind of message that tells me that can only come from the spirit of God.

“Do not confuse miracles with superstition. The Church has never been without the kinds of wonders described in the Acts of the Apostles. They glorify God. And that makes the demons tremble.”

No, your church doesn’t display the same type of miracles that were described in Acts. Your bishops, who claim to be equivalent to apostles, don’t, for example, raise the dead, or speak in tongues, as described in the Bible (so that a crowd would all hear them in a different language). Show me something like that and maybe I would be convinced of their claims.


204 posted on 04/20/2015 8:04:08 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Boogieman
Do you think miracles are restricted to bishops and popes?

There are instances in the lives of the saints of people being raised from the dead: St. Catherine of Siena, for one, both cured the sick and raised the dead by invoking the Name of Jesus.

Plus there are those who, by some preternatural gift or infused knowledge from Go,) have understood or been understood in languages they had not learned, e.g. St. (Padre) Pio of Pietrelcino (a 20th century saint who also bilocated), and St. Jean (John) Vianney.

The best-documented instance of bilocation in all of history occurred with St. Maria of Agreda.

There's lots and lots of miracles in Catholic history, and those in recent centuries are often verified using the tools and techniques of scientific investigation.

Can't say I undersand it, but I sure appreciate it.

313 posted on 04/21/2015 10:20:00 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Praise God from Whom all blessings flow, / Praise Him all people here below.)
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