Did the Apostles themselves perform miraculous deeds after Jesus ascended?

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You can see such miracles peppered throughout the book of the Acts of the Apostles. One such example being the beginning of Chapter 3:
“3:1 Now Peter and John went up into the temple at the ninth hour of prayer.
3:2 And a certain man who was lame from his mother’s womb was carried: whom they laid every day at the gate of the temple, which is called Beautiful, that he might ask alms of them that went into the temple.
3:3 He, when he had seen Peter and John, about to go into the temple, asked to receive an alms.
3:4 But Peter with John, fastening his eyes upon him, said: Look upon us.
3:5 But he looked earnestly upon them, hoping that he should receive something of them.
3:6 But Peter said: Silver and gold I have none; but what I have, I give thee. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, arise and walk.
3:7 And taking him by the right hand, he lifted him up: and forthwith his feet and soles received strength.
3:8 And he leaping up, stood and walked and went in with them into the temple, walking and leaping and praising God.
3:9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God.
3:10 And they knew him, that it was he who sat begging alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened to him.”
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Yes, read Acts of the Apostles , it is a book in the New Testament. There is also a great series that focuses on Acts. It is called A.D.
 
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They’re in Scripture. As noted above.

As for did they “themselves” perform miraculous deeds, they did everything by the power of God. God worked through them to do the miraculous deeds. The Apostles didn’t do those things on their own.
 
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That’s the Epistle for the Sunday of the Paralytic in Paschaltide.
 
All of them did. Some of them are recorded in Acts, but I’m sure there were many more.
 
Acts 12:12-16 Now many signs and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon’s Portico. None of the rest dared join them, but the people held them in high honor. And more than ever believers were added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women, so that they even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and pallets, that as Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on some of them. The people also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all healed.

Acts 8: 6-8 And the multitudes with one accord gave heed to what was said by Philip, when they heard him and saw the signs which he did. For unclean spirits came out of many who were possessed, crying with a loud voice; and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed. So there was much joy in that city.
 
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Then what happened - Priests Bishops and the Pope himself cannot perform a Miraculous deed - I guess God took it away. I saw Monsignor do a sermon on it once and he was baffled why God took the power to heal away from the clergy.
 
BT3241 said:
Then what happened - Priests Bishops and the Pope himself cannot perform a Miraculous deed
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Ask yourself what the purpose of “performing miracles” is, and perhaps you’ll have your answer… 😉
 
Perhaps God chooses specific people with special graces to perform miraculous signs but it seems to be only a very small number of individuals. People like Padre Pio and Anthony of Padua spring to mind. If all clergy were able to heal who would need doctors and nurses? What would happen if they were able to raise people from the dead? Or multiply food portions? Would be cool if they did but obviously it is not as God intends.
 
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Then what happened - Priests Bishops and the Pope himself cannot perform a Miraculous deed
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You don’t know this. If a priest, bishop or the Pope himself did a miraculous deed, he likely would not broadcast it to the world. Furthermore, nowadays there would need to be years of medical tests to “prove” it was a “miraculous deed”, which likely wouldn’t happen unless the priest, bishop or Pope was deceased and up for canonization when the miracle took place. It’s highly likely that miraculous deeds take place under the radar and are not investigated, confirmed or publicized.

We have had priests and holy people who were “wonder-workers” but often this was not known to people outside of a small circle until their death. Fr. Solanus Casey was a good example - he was an obscure member of a religious order, and only the people who lived in his area were aware that he seemed to have some special gifts, until he died and was put up for sainthood. Now everybody knows.

There is also a school of thought that the purpose of God allowing miracles is for the increase of faith and that the increase of faith was more important in the early Church, so there were more miracles. I tend to think that the miracles in the early Church were perhaps just more publicized because they ended up in Scripture. It is likely that a miracle nowadays might be something on a more personal level that increases the faith of the people directly concerned with it, rather than something huge and publicized to the world.
 
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You don’t know this. If a priest, bishop or the Pope himself did a miraculous deed, he likely would not broadcast it to the world. Furthermore, nowadays there would need to be years of medical tests to “prove” it was a “miraculous deed”, which likely wouldn’t happen unless the priest, bishop or Pope was deceased and up for canonization when the miracle took place. It’s highly likely that miraculous deeds take place under the radar and are not investigated, confirmed or publicized.
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Science does not prove miracles in any way shape or form. What the scientific method is used for in this context is to see if there is some known explanation available for the event. That’s it.
There is also a school of thought that the purpose of God allowing miracles is for the increase of faith and that the increase of faith was more important in the early Church, so there were more miracles. I tend to think that the miracles in the early Church were perhaps just more publicized because they ended up in Scripture. It is likely that a miracle nowadays might be something on a more personal level that increases the faith of the people directly concerned with it, rather than something huge and publicized to the world.
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I would argue, assuming the events in the bible happened as described, that those miracles were meant to insert knowledge more than faith. Since faith in this context means belief in something you don’t have knowledge about. The twelve and a whole bunch of others saw things that were meant to prove Jesus was the messiach and not only have to take him on his word for it. That is another ballpark than faith. As far as I understand it.
 
Not really interested in arguing about it, nor is there a point in arguing about it because I gave you the Catholic view of why miracles occur. If you want to think something else, feel free.
 
Faith and Proof do not and can not exist in the same Domain…

Science? Homo Sapiens Quest to Know Everything?

Has naught to do with Faith which is never Blind - as it Opens the Door to See 🙂

Those without Faith - Demand Signs - Thus spake Scriptures

Acts 19:11

God did extraordinary miracles through Paul,
 
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Then what happened - Priests Bishops and the Pope himself cannot perform a Miraculous deed - I guess God took it away.
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Not so. Every day when they offer the Holy Sacrifice, the bread and wine are changed into the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ. That IS a miracle.
 
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Then what happened - Priests Bishops and the Pope himself cannot perform a Miraculous deed - I guess God took it away. I saw Monsignor do a sermon on it once and he was baffled why God took the power to heal away from the clergy.
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For Starters - That Monsignor must not have been acquainted with Catholicism - including the known fact that a requirement for any who’ve been designated to be a Saint - is a Miracle.
 
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