Hi Paul,

What is the catholic churche's view of the mircles of healing that takes places within the "protestant churches", since they believe that these churches are man made creations.

Thank

-- nolan (nolannaicker@webmail.co.za), August 04, 2004

Answers

I beleive you will find that Protestants are called " seperated bretheren" and God's grace is not limited only to Cahtolics in atholic thought.

Likewise, God can and des heal miraculously whomsoever he wills to heal, be they Catholic or Protestant.

The Chreuch does not presume to Limit God.Even Pagans in the Bible received Grace form God, and his wrath, such as Nebuchanezer, who received both, and the Gentile woman whom had an ill son whom Jesus healed, or the roman Centurians son...

-- ZAROVE (ZAROFF3@JUNO.COM), August 04, 2004.

Other ecclesial communities are well recognized and well accepted by the Catholic Church.

Remember the story of Jesus defending the person preaching in his name.

God works in may ways.

God bless,

-- john placette (jplacette@catholic.org), August 04, 2004.

All Protestant churches are based upon Catholic truth. Otherwise they could not be called Christian in any sense of the word. Even though such churches are severely handicapped as a result of their rejection of a portion of doctrinal truth and sacramental sources of grace, God can work through those who lack the fullness of truth and the fullness of grace. Their insufficiency does not make God insufficient. Indeed, even in His own Holy Catholic Church individuals are subject to the personal handicaps which result from sin. Also, though Catholics, unlike the members of denominational churches, have the fullness of truth avaliable to them, not all individual Catholics - not even all individual priests - are fully accepting of and fully submissive to that truth. If God couldn't work through imperfect ministers, He couldn't work at all, because that's the only kind of ministers who are available to Him, either in His own Church or in manmade churches.

-- Paul M. (PaulCyp@cox.net), August 04, 2004.

Well said Zarove and Paul.M. God is able to do whatever He wants, whenever He wants, through whomever He wants. He is God! For anyone to know God requires God to have already been working within that person since it is only by Gods spirit that we can recognise God. He uses all kinds of people in all kinds of situations to bring about His perfect will.

-- Anglican Christian (sharon.guy@ntu.ac.uk), August 05, 2004.

does healing mircles happen in the catholic church....no does not hear of them.

-- nolan (nolannaicker@webmail.co.za), August 05, 2004.

Yes, frequently. Most Catholics don't hear about healings that occur in Protestant churches either. There usually isn't much communication between the two.

-- Paul M. (PaulCyp@cox.net), August 05, 2004.