I took a screenshot from [this video](https://youtu.be/CaIrpN8Ga-g?t=151) , juxtaposing two lists of ailments. The left list includes conditions that Christian faith healers consistently never cure, while the right list features conditions they are more willing to pray for, with more frequent claims of healing. Or at least, that's what the video's author claims. Is there any truth to this, and if so, why?

For backstory, I've recently been looking for confirmation that I'm really saved. I've started to repent of all my sins (that I know of) about 1-2 weeks ago. I've pretty sure I've been saved since I was 8 years old, but I dedicated myself to God again, just to make sure. So I've recently been listening to an audio teaching about prayer, and the last little bit of the teaching is about healing yourself and others in the name of Jesus. I was having a bit of a headache, so I decided to try it out on myself when I got home instead of just using painkillers. I got home, and spoke to my body. I put my hand on my temple and said, "temple, you will stop hurting in the name of Jesus" or something along those lines. And it worked! That was the first time I've ever healed myself in Jesus name. Does the fact that God was able to heal me through myself mean that I'm saved for sure? Or could someone who isn't saved do exactly what I did? This is assuming they have faith that God will heal them as well.

Christian healing ministries abound. A quick search on any search engine can lead to lots of ministries that claim to be able to heal the sick, as well as testimonials of people who claim to have received healing of some ailment during a healing crusade, or because someone prayed for them, etc. I'm not questioning the sincerity of all people nor claiming that everyone is lying, on the contrary, I truly believe that a significant percentage of the testimonies out there must be genuine, in the sense that people are telling the truth when they share their personal experiences of healing. That said, I'm still curious to know if any Christian healing ministry out there has undertaken the effort of documenting at least some of their healings, by keeping copies of the medical records of the healed person and the results of a subsequent medical examination confirming that the person is completely healed. Has a Christian healing ministry ever done that? _______________________ Responding to concerns raised in the comments: By healing ministry I mean either an individual or a group of people who claim to have the gift of healing or to have been called by God to heal the sick as an active occupation. However, for the sake of getting answers, other medically documented cases of healing occurred in similar circumstances are acceptable too, such as: - A holy place where people are commonly reported to get miraculously healed. - Someone who gets prayed for (and healed) by someone else and has the medical records to prove it (in this case the healed person is the one with the evidence, not the healing ministry, but that's fine). - And any other situation that is close to what I'm looking for that I may be overlooking.

Prompted by a Meta conversation this question asks if there are any Christian denominations which teach that God cannot heal our physical bodies in the here and now. I am not asking after teachings regarding when, if, or how God may or may not heal. I am asking if any Christians officially, denominationally teach that God cannot ... that it is impossible for Him. Not that He "does not" but that He "cannot".

My previous question https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/103139/76145 got closed, but it prompted some users to post this question https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/103149/76145 and this meta conversation https://christianity.meta.stackexchange.com/q/7544/76145 . So, to ensure I adhere to the guidelines of this site, I would like to ask now if there is a Christian denomination that teaches that God heals Alzheimer's disease—not just that He has the power to do so "in theory" or "in principle", but that He actually does. Thanks.

Is there a study that gathered accounts of healing under scientific scrutiny? **What is meant by healing?** Healing in this context means a person who had a medically documented sickness was healed in a Christian setting and was declared medically healthy within 48 hours. I like how Ken Graham put it: "The miraculous healing [...] need to be **spontaneous, instantaneous and complete healing**". I also think the criteria laid out at [The miracles of Lourdes](https://www.lourdes-france.org/en/the-miracles-of-lourdes/) also bring it to the point well. Quote: >1. The 1st criterion is that the disease is serious, with an unfavorable prognosis. >2. Secondly, the disease must be known and recorded by medicine. >3. Thirdly, this disease must be organic, lesional, that is to say, there must be objective, biological, radiological criteria, everything that currently exists in medicine; this means that even today we will not recognize cures of pathologies without precise objective criteria, such as psychological, psychiatric, functional, nervous diseases, etc.
*(this does not mean that these diseases cannot be cured, but according to the criteria of the Church, they will not be recognized as miracles in the current state of affairs).* >4. Fourthly, there must not have been any treatment to which the cure could be attributed.
*(I would be a bit more lenient and say, there should not be a treatment that can work faster than a few weeks)* >5. The 5th criterion concerns the timing of the cure itself: recovery must be sudden, instantaneous, immediate, and without convalescence. >6. Finally, after the cure, there are two additional criteria: it must not simply be a regression of symptoms but a return of all vital functions, and finally, it must not simply be a remission but a cure, i.e. lasting and definitive. **What is meant by scientific scrutiny?** With scientific scrutiny I mean the following: - confirmation bias is accounted for (meaning a trusted party beyond the Christian entity in question has gathered/verified the data or at least can verify the data) - other potential biases are accounted for - the methodology is transparent - the data is complete (but can be anonymized) meaning that every account can be verified by a third party. E.g. X-ray of a broken bone and X-ray of healed broken bone with dates. - Basically, if anyone reads the paper/data, it shouldn't be easy to refute. **Not a replicable experiment/trial** What I do not mean is a replicable experiment, because miracles can only happen when, where, and on who God decides to perform a miracle. Mark 8:11-12 also makes clear that God does not like to be demanded or manipulated into doing miracles: > 11 The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him. 12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.” Also, more scientific reasons why trials don't work here are laid out in a study on the effect of prayer, [Prayer and healing: A medical and scientific perspective on randomized controlled trials](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2802370/) . In essence, the scientific method seeks to find a process/method and control all variables of influence. However, in the case of healing one variable is the whim of God that cannot be controlled. So why the approach I laid out? Well, I don't want to find a Christian method for healing, but want to prove that the phenomenon of healing in Christianity exists. **Why the previous Q&A here, might not answer the question** I've read the answers to this question: https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/82583/are-there-or-have-there-been-christian-healing-ministries-that-have-documented-h but my problem is that the sources are somewhat old (I skimmed through and didn't see any account later than 1990.) and I cannot verify if those 70 cases of Lourdes were in fact healed. What I mean is that one cannot deduce from a name, name of ailment, date, and Diocese that healing has occurred. (Referencing the table Ken Graham provided [The Cures at Lourdes which have been recognised as miraculous by the Church ](http://www.miraclehunter.com/marian_apparitions/approved_apparitions/lourdes/downloads/lourdes_cures.pdf)) . What I need is not a name but proof of ailment and proof of the absence of ailment within a reasonable timeframe, proof that the healing occurred in a Christian setting (any denomination is fine), and a date for each. Let me be clear: I am not looking for single testimonies but a statistic that aggregated, verified testimonies, and made each testimony verifiable.

As discussed in https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/65991/christian-beliefs-around-blood-transfusions Jehovah's Witnesses refuse blood transfusions for reasons in scripture. I have trouble with the idea. What about the sanctity of life with scriptures such as: Deuteronomy 30:19 (ESV) >I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live How do Protestants (Church of England for example) counteract the Witnesses stance on Blood Transfusions?

**According to Catholicism, why are there so few miraculous healings of amputees, if any?** This question is inspired from another post on this site: [What are Christian apologetics refutations of the objections posited by the site "Why Won't God Heal Amputees?"](https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/92780/what-are-christian-apologetics-refutations-of-the-objections-posited-by-the-site) I would like to have a Catholic response to why God does not heal amputees? Perhaps he has, but they are ever so few. Why? Doubt I will get a canonical answer for this, but a well researched response would be greatly appreciated.

Mental health is an essential component of a person's well-being and, as everything else in life, it is subject to a plethora of potential maladies, some of which are quite difficult to cure even for the best [mental health professionals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_health_professional) out there. Wikipedia has a comprehensive [list of mental disorders](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mental_disorders) . Some examples include: - Anxiety disorders - Dissociative disorders - Mood disorders - Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders - Neuro-Developmental Disorder - Neuro-Cognitive Disorders - Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders - Paraphilias - Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders - Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders - etc. The secular world has devised different therapeutic techniques and treatments, many rooted in psychology, psychiatry and neuroscience research, to heal or at least mitigate to some extent the effects of these mental health issues. A few examples that come to mind: - [Psychotherapy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychotherapy) - [Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_behavioral_therapy) - [Rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_emotive_behavior_therapy) - [Twelve-step programs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve-step_program) (which can be performed in a secular, non-religious way, see e.g. [12 step programs for atheists](https://www.12step.com/articles/12-step-programs-for-atheists)) - [Antidepressants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antidepressant) - [Psychedelic therapy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_therapy) - etc. Of course, no amount of concerted secular human effort can even come close to the supernatural effectiveness of the Holy Spirit, who (or which, for the non-Trinitarians) should be more than capable of restoring a person's mental health instantly, miraculously, even in the face of the most challenging mental disorders for modern science. **Is this, actually, the case?** **Question**: Is there any evidence that people are actually getting healed of very severe mental health disorders in contexts where the Holy Spirit is believed to move more (e.g., in Church services), at a rate significantly higher than in secular settings, even when all the options in terms of secular treatments and therapies have been exhausted and tried? ____ Related C.SE questions: - https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/78911/50422 - https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/80809/50422 - https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/50329/50422 Related Psychology.SE question: - [Can someone be healed from a long-held addiction or compulsive disorder in an instant and without therapy due to a dramatic spiritual experience?](https://psychology.stackexchange.com/q/25058/25376)

I understand that Christian Science believes that a person with a physical disease should not seek out medical treatment, but instead rely on prayer. Wikipedia says that adherents believe > …that disease is a mental error rather than physical disorder, and that the sick should be treated not by medicine, but by a form of prayer that seeks to correct the beliefs responsible for the illusion of ill health. > > The church does not require that Christian Scientists avoid all medical care – adherents use dentists, optometrists, obstetricians, physicians for broken bones, and vaccination when required by law – but maintains that Christian Science prayer is most effective when not combined with medicine. I'm curious to know what Christian Science teaches about mental illnesses (e.g. depression, schizophrenia, PTSD, and other mental illnesses recognized by the DSM-5 ). In particular, I'm wondering if mental illnesses are also described as mental errors or if they are something else. Also, what sort of treatment would be permitted? I presume that taking SSRIs and other medication would be strongly discouraged, but is seeking out a counselor permitted?

Simple question: has a healing miracle ever been recorded on camera? I'm open to answers from any Christian groups/denominations.

[Azusa Street Revival](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azusa_Street_Revival) was just concluded in 1915 and the [Assemblies of God](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assemblies_of_God) denomination was just founded in 1914 when a few years later the 1918 Influenza pandemic hit which lasted to the summer of 1919: - [CDC timeline](https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-commemoration/pandemic-timeline-1918.htm) - *History.com* article [Spanish Flu](https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/1918-flu-pandemic) My question is: what did the nascent Pentecostal churches taught their members to interpret the pandemic, specifically connecting recovery / death with faith, healing gift, expectation of protection, or other factors (such as God's judgment or eschatological expectations)? Answers need to include documented quotes from primary materials (such as church bulletins / sermons) or from secondary materials that reference primary materials.

I want to know if the intention of causing pain in a human being for scientific reasons is immoral.

The practice of praying for the sick, anointing them with oil, is based on James 5:13-18 (ESV): > 13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. 14 **Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord**. 15 **And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up**. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. **The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working**. 17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. 18 Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit. But what about diseases which are incurable for modern medicine? Some obvious examples off the top of my head are blindness, deafness, Down Syndrome, etc. Other examples taken from this article https://www.pharmatutor.org/pharmapedia/top-incurable-diseases-in-medical-science-cancer-asthma-hiv-aids-common-cold-polio-ebola-influenza include: - EBOLA - Polio - Lupus Erythematosus - Influenza - Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease - Diabetes Mellitus - AIDS - Asthma Do any Christian groups pray for the sick to get healed of these and other incurable diseases for modern medicine? ____ Related: - https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/82583/50422 - https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/86934/50422 - https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/86098/50422 - https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/87222/50422

Let's say that a person testifies that they were miraculously healed of X. One way to validate their testimony is to have access to the medical records before and after the healing of X took place. Are there any such cases where the medical records have been made publicly accessible, e.g. on a website so that anyone may have direct access to them and see for themselves the medical evidence? **Note**: this question is inspired by the article [Before-and-After Medical Records - Are healing claims documented?](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/testing-prayer/201207/and-after-medical-records) ___ **Closely related questions** - https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/82583/50422 - https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/90141/50422 - https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/86934/50422

In my previous question https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/87081/50422 , a user posted this [answer](https://christianity.stackexchange.com/a/87082/50422) . And in response, about some claimed healings, a skeptical third user posted the following comments (emphasis mine): > Are there any witnesses (other than the one claiming the event) to the raising of one from the dead ? What of the 'seven doctors' who proclaimed the death (an unusually large number of doctors to pronounce a decease). Are they available to testify to the 'resurrection' on the morning afterwards ? **Surely this notable event is catalogued in The Lancet ?** **Do you have the reference ?** > **Any sign from heaven, that is to testify to the glory of the risen and ascended Lord Jesus Christ, will have providences surrounding it** **(as we see in the gospels and in Acts)** **such that witnesses will be present and proper documentation will ensue in order that the event may be, properly and reliably, testified to across the whole world**. **Any event lacking such providences immediately becomes invalid. These momentous events are not done in a corner**. Similar ideas were shared by another user in [response](https://christianity.stackexchange.com/a/87470/50422) to my related question https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/87434/50422 : > ### What criteria do Cessationists use to inspect a modern miracle claim and decide whether it is believable or not? > > Cessationists would use the same criteria that a general critical > thinking Christian uses: a supernatural event that is not explainable > by natural or scientific laws. (see *Wikipedia* article on > [Miracle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle)) . Although different > than atheists who may *a priori* eliminate even the *possibility* of a > miracle (i.e., they exclude any kind of supernatural causes), > Cessationists (who because they are Christians *allow* the possibility > of God performing miracles) ask for roughly the same rigor of evidence > an atheist would ask. > > For example, if the claim is resurrection from the dead, Cessationists > would ask for the following medical evidence: > 1. Doctor's report on the cause of death > 2. A period of time when the patient is confirmed to be dead > 3. A period of time when the patient is confirmed to be alive > > To be more precise, let's use Aquinas's scheme of 3 degrees of > miracles described in *Summa Contra Gentiles* (quoted > [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle#Catholic_Church)) . I > believe Cessationists / general Christian would allow the first two > degrees as miracles, and possibly the third one as well (case by > case): > > 1. **Highest rank: nature can never do**. Examples: [an amputated leg was restored](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_of_Calanda) , sea > open up and offer a way through which people may pass. > > 2. **Nature can do, but not in this order**. Examples: a patient who has been [brain-dead longer than 10 > minutes](https://www.verywellhealth.com/brain-activity-after-cardiac-arrest-1298429) > came back to life without permanent brain damage, a blind person from > birth can see (and his vision stays for the rest of his life). > Jesus's resurrection would most likely be in this category. > > 3. **God does what is usually done by the working of nature** (thus beats statistical probability). Examples: a person may be cured by > divine power from a fever which could be cured naturally, rain > suddenly poured down when all weather scientists say it's extremely > unlikely, etc. About the sudden reversal of Joy's bone cancer in Nov > 1957 C.S. Lewis [wrote in a > letter](https://dc.swosu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1064&context=mythlore) : > "the cancerous bones have rebuilt themselves in a way quite unusual > and Joy can now walk" and regarded it as a miracle, even though the > cancer came back about 2 years later. > > In all 3 degrees above, there is an **empirical evidence**, which can > enlist an instrument to aid regular human perception, such as a > microscope, genetic analysis, multi-spectral video to allow infrared / > radio signal, etc. Obviously, the first two degrees are easier to > prove, and help exclude the usual objections: lack of proper > verification, psychosomatic, temporary healing, etc. ____ **Question**: How do believers in concrete present-day cases of miraculous healings respond to objections by skeptics requesting thorough and indisputable scientific medical verification, that anyone on any part of the world should be able to have access to, based on the assumption that God will always ensure providentially that such level of evidence will be available to validate each and every one of the miracles He ordains, so that belief in such reports will be epistemologically justified? ___ Related questions: - https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/86098/50422 - https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/86934/50422 - https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/82583/50422

# Introduction My question is inspired by the fascinating phenomenon of revivals and the testimonies of supernatural healings that usually accompany them. Just to give you an idea, the Wikipedia article on the [Brownsville Revival](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownsville_Revival) says: > The Brownsville Revival (also known as the Pensacola Outpouring) was a widely reported Christian revival within the Pentecostal movement that began on Father's Day June 18, 1995, at Brownsville Assembly of God in Pensacola, Florida. Characteristics of the Brownsville Revival movement, as with other Christian religious revivals, included acts of repentance by parishioners and a call to holiness, inspired by the manifestation of the Holy Spirit. Some of the occurrences in this revival fit the description of moments of religious ecstasy. **More than four million people are reported to have attended the revival meetings from its beginnings in 1995 to around 2000**. > One writer offered this description of the revival in 1998: > > All told, **more than 2.5 million people have visited** the church's Monday prayer and Tues-through-Saturday evening revival services, where they sang rousing worship music and heard old-fashioned sermons on sin and salvation. After the sermons were over, hundreds of thousands accepted the invitation to leave their seats and rush forward to a large area in front of the stage-like altar. Here, they "get right with God." . . . Untold thousands have hit the carpet in repentance. After the altar call, pastors and leaders would pray for anyone who desired to be prayed over some fell to the ground some shook under the power of God's presence some lay in a state resembling a coma, sometimes remaining flat on the floor for hours at a time. Some participants call the experience being "slain in the Spirit." Others simply refer to receiving the touch of God. Regardless of what they call it, these people are putting the "roll" back in "holy roller." > > — Steve Rabey And regarding healings: > By 1997, it was common to have lengthy and rapturous periods of singing and dancing and altars packed with hundreds of writhing or dead-still bodies from a variety of ages, races and socioeconomic conditions. **As the revival progressed**, **the testimonies of people receiving salvation were joined by testimonies of supernatural healings**. **In Steve Hill's words, "We're seeing miraculous healings, cancerous tumors disappear and drug addicts immediately delivered**." However, the church told local news reporters that it did not keep records of the healings. In 1997, the leaders of the revival—Hill, Kilpatrick, and Lindell Cooley (Brownsville's worship director)—went to several cities (Anaheim, Dallas, St. Louis, Lake Charles (Louisiana), Toledo, and Birmingham) and held like meetings. They named this ministry "Awake America". But then we see an interesting connection. Evangelist [Steve Hill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Hill_(evangelist)) was the main preacher during the Brownsville Revival, and if we investigate Steve Hill's past, we find that Hill "imported" this "revivalist fire" from Argentina, when he was exposed to the Argentine Revival and the ministry of [Carlos Annacondia](https://www.amazon.com/Listen-Me-Satan-Carlos-Annacondia/dp/1599792346) . According to https://renewaljournal.com/2011/07/22/evangelist-steve-hill-bysharon-wisemann/ : > Since Sunday 18th June, 1995 hundreds of thousands of lives have been changed as a direct result of the Pensacola Revival in Florida, USA. **The spark that ignited the revival was an evangelist named Steve Hill**. > > [...] > > **In Argentina that Hill first saw Carlos Annacondia minister to tens of thousands of people**. In his first Annacondia meeting out in the middle of a soccer field he witnessed fifteen to twenty thousand people ‘craving God’. **Although he always had the desire for evangelism, Hill believes that he received the evangelistic anointing from Annacondia, who has lead over two million people to Jesus, when he laid hands on him**. > > **Hill was involved in the Argentine Revival, seeing multitudes saved and healed**. For seven years he helped plant seven churches in Buenos Aires and Southern Argentina during this revival. He also planted churches and conducted church crusades in several other countries such as Chile, Colombia, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Spain, Russia and Belarus. And when we investigate the Argentine Revival, we find books such as [Listen to Me, Satan!](https://www.amazon.com/Listen-Me-Satan-Carlos-Annacondia/dp/1599792346) that makes very similar claims about supernatural healings: > This is the true story of Carlos Annacondia, whose faithfulness, devotion, and faith in signs and miracles brought about an awakening in Argentina that has spread throughout the world and continues to this day. **Annacondia's ministry is marked by the same signs and wonders of the early church—sick bodies are healed, bondages are broken, the demonized are set free, oppression is lifted—and he knows these subjects as very few people do**. > > Listen to Me, Satan! is full of amazing testimonies that will renew, inspire, and charge your faith. It's the story of how one man confronted the devil, in the authority of the name of Jesus, and experienced extraordinary results. Join him on his journey from the poor villages of Buenos Aires to a global ministry, and find victory and freedom in your own life as well. ________ # Question I mentioned the Brownsville Revival and the Argentine Revival as two notable examples I'm aware of which were intimately connected to each other, in which millions were reached by the gospel and where probably thousands of people claimed to have received **supernatural healing**, among other extraordinary experiences and manifestations. But speaking of all modern revivals in general from any part of the world (Africa, Asia, etc.), **have any claims of extraordinary healings in such revivals been medically confirmed?** **Note:** by *medically confirmed* I mean that a certified physician confirmed, through a trustable protocol of medical examination, that the healing did in fact take place, that is, that the person had a disease at some point in the first place and that later on said disease was found to be absent, meaning that some kind of unexpected healing had to have happened in between. ____ Related: https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/82583/50422

We read in Lk 4: 38-39 : > After leaving the synagogue he entered Simon’s house. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked him about her. Then he stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. Elsewhere, we see Jesus rebuking the evil spirit (Lk 9: 42). But it is doubtful if anyone who witnessed the healing believed that the fever of Simon's MiL had been caused by evil spirit. Even more doubtful is the existence of knowledge that it could have been caused by an animate thing say, virus . Even today, fever is more often than not, measured by the external symptom namely high temperature. Is it that Jesus rebuked the temperature which is an inanimate entity? My question therefore is: **According to Catholic scholars, what exactly did Jesus rebuke while healing the mother-in-law of Simon?**

Is there anywhere in the bible a hint or something saying Jesus healing someone with a chromosome defect? For example somebody with a Down Syndrome or similar. What about today's healings? Was it ever recorded a Down Syndrome person miraculously healed? If not what is the explanation for why this type of handicap God doesn't choose to heal? (for this sentence I need a Catholic view).

In informal conversations with cessationists, I've heard claims to the effect that the gift of healing is fundamentally different from just praying for a sick person to get healed. That someone with the gift of healing should be able to just lay their hands on a sick person and pretty much get them healed instantly, almost at will, like Jesus and the Apostles did in many occasions, whereas praying for someone to get healed follows a different approach and could possibly take hours, days, months of intercessory prayer, and if the person does get healed it doesn't mean that you have the gift of healing *per se* -- it just means that God answered your prayer, just like He would anyone else's, if it is His will to do so. Are there any Christian groups or denominations that make a distinction between the gift of healing and just praying for the sick to get healed? What role does their interpretation of [Mark 16:17-18](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+16%3A17-18&version=ESV) play in this distinction?