Rise Up and Walk: A Comparative Analysis of Acts 3:1-10 And Medical Miracles Verified for The Canonization of Saints
| dc.contributor.author | Odia, Aigbadon Cyril | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-10-21T08:55:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-10-21T08:55:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2002-02 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The effects of the influence of the Holy Spirit in the community of believers are systematically presented in the Acts of the Apostles. The 'signs and wonders' contained therein are all attributed to the power of the risen Lord, the lamb that was 'once slain, but now standing'. The salvific work of Christ continues to influence the events of human beings in every age. Miracles are very sensitive experiences to talk about. There are so many types and often, the subjective opinions of people so differ, that one might be tempted to conclude that there is nothing objective to be investigated about miracles. While some people see miracles everywhere, others do not believe in the miraculous. Biblical miracles are signs of the Kingdom of God. There are other signs like the struggle for peace, righteousness, joy, and a very deep sense of hope in the future restoration of the world, which stems from a belief that the Kingdom of God has indeed come. Nevertheless, the early Christian community particularly preserved for the future Church, accounts of the miraculous, both in the life of Christ and even more dramatically, in the lives of the 'believers'. The significance of these miracles includes a constant reminder that the fundamental teaching of Jesus (that the kingdom of God has come) is true. In the first chapter, one of such signs recorded in the lives of the early Church is studied exegetically. Acts 3:1-10 contains similarities with some of the (often distorted) signs and miracles of our own time, and since an individual opinion may be heavily subjective, the approach of this essay is to investigate how the ecclesial community, guided by the light of the Holy Spirit, is able to scrutinize similar miracles of a medical nature, and come to an absolute certainty (in faith) that these contemporary signs are a continuation of the biblical ones. In the second chapter, these divine signs are systematically evaluated to see how they fit into the eschatological dimension of the faith-experience of the Church. In the third chapter, an attempt is made to compare and contrast the findings in the first and the second chapter. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12342/1011 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Tangaza University College | en_US |
| dc.subject | Medical Miracles | en_US |
| dc.subject | Canonization Of Saints | en_US |
| dc.subject | Of Acts 3:1-10 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Scrutinising miracles | en_US |
| dc.title | Rise Up and Walk: A Comparative Analysis of Acts 3:1-10 And Medical Miracles Verified for The Canonization of Saints | en_US |
| dc.type | Other | en_US |