I'm asking this question inspired by a recent anecdote told by someone I trust, but the point is to go beyond the anecdote and ask a more general question. The anecdote is as follows: My mother is a widow, but she's seeing a man who is also a widower. My family has a very good relationship with him. He is Catholic. He recently told us about a supernatural/paranormal experience he had before his wife died of cancer. At that time, he was desperate to find a solution for the cancer his wife was suffering from. A friend of his told him he had had a successful experience with a healer who cured him of stomach cancer several years earlier, and he shared the contact information and address. He coordinated an appointment with the healer and went there with his wife. He was really surprised to find that a lot of people were in line waiting for their turn, as if, through word of mouth, people who had a successful experience with the healer would recommend her (it was a she) to their friends and acquaintances, and those to theirs, and so on. So it was clear that this healer was well-known and in demand. The man and his wife went in. The healer examined the wife and noticed that the cancer was in an extremely advanced stage, and said there was nothing she could do for her at that point. However, the man himself was struggling with a strange skin condition that had started a few years earlier, where he would get stains and protuberances, like cysts, in several parts of his upper body, including a few that were quite noticeable and painful when he touched them. Since he was already there, he took the opportunity to arrange a healing session for himself. If I remember correctly, he had about three meetings with the healer. He said something along the lines of this: he was in the same room with several other people who were also seeking healing, and they all had to pray some Catholic prayers that the healer guided them through. But at certain points the healer would utter words that no one else in the room could understand (maybe she was "speaking in tongues"?). Then, probably in the last session, she asked each person in turn to visualize the route to their homes, because that night someone would visit them in their room to perform the "operation" to heal them. He visualized the exact route to his house, and he felt like the healer was able to read his mind while he was doing it. After that, she instructed him to go to his bedroom, sleep early, leave a candle burning and a glass of water, and wear a white blanket. He did as instructed, and he remembers that at some point during the night, while he was asleep, he felt like entities visited him and started moving him around in bed, but he perceived it as if it were part of a dream. But he heard a voice that woke him up saying, "Turn off the candle," just before the candle was about to be fully consumed. He did so, and immediately fell asleep again. A few hours later, he woke up, drank water from the glass, and then checked his skin for the presence of the stains, protuberances, and cysts, and they were gone. The skin condition was completely healed. And I trust this man. He's a very honest, hard-working man, and he's been going out with my mother for several years now. He inspires trust, and he disclosed this experience to us in the context of telling us what he experienced while trying to save his now deceased wife from cancer. For me, the way he described the healer sounded a bit like an esoteric, occult, witchy healer, and yet the fact that he was healed from this skin condition from one day to the next is undeniable for him. However, if these things truly happen in the world, one would need to make sense of them and fit them within a Christian worldview. Does Christianity accept the occurrence of healing miracles outside of Christianity? How does Christianity make sense of experiences like this one? --- --- # CLARIFICATION While the man is Catholic, I never mentioned the healer's (who is female) religious background. I suspect she may be involved in some form of esoteric or syncretic tradition. I consulted an AI about this story, and here is what it suggested: > **Kardecist Spiritism (Espiritismo)** > > The healer's practices align most closely with **Kardecist Spiritism** > (known as *Espiritismo* in Portuguese-speaking countries like Brazil), > a spiritualist doctrine founded by Allan Kardec in 19th-century France > and highly adapted in Latin America. It's not a traditional religion > but a philosophical-spiritual movement blending Christianity, > reincarnation, and mediumship, widely practiced in Brazil. Here's why > this fits best, matching key elements: > > ### Core Matching Elements: > - **Group healing sessions with prayers**: Spiritist centers (*centros espíritas*) often hold collective "passes" (energy transmissions) or > healing sessions where mediums guide participants in > Christian/Catholic prayers (e.g., Our Father, Hail Mary), as Jesus is > central to Spiritism. This respects the man's Catholic faith while > incorporating mediumship. > > - **Speaking unknown words ("tongues")**: Mediums in Spiritism channel spirits (*incorporação*), sometimes uttering languages or sounds > incomprehensible to attendees, akin to glossolalia but attributed to > discarnate entities rather than Holy Spirit baptism. > > - **Visualizing home route for "night visit"**: A hallmark of Spiritist *cirurgia espiritual* (spiritual surgery). The medium > psychically "reads" the route and dispatches spirit doctors/surgeons > to perform invisible operations during sleep. This is routine in > Brazilian Spiritism—no physical tools, just mental direction. > > - **Home ritual preparation**: Instructions like early sleep, burning candle (for spirit attraction/light), glass of water (to absorb > "spiritual fluids" or toxins from the "surgery"), and white blanket > (symbolizing purity/protection, like a shroud) are textbook. The > dream-like sensation of entities moving the body, voice commands > (e.g., extinguishing candle for safety), and post-wake > checkup/drinking water match countless testimonials. > > - **Rapid, complete healing of chronic condition**: Spiritist healings claim to remove "perispiritual" blockages or cysts via spirit > intervention, often overnight. Long lines and word-of-mouth fame are > common for popular mediums (*médiuns curadores*). > > - **Advanced cancer untreatable**: Spirits reportedly refuse "karmic" or terminally advanced cases, focusing on reversible ailments. > > ### Why Not Other Options? | Alternative | Why Less Likely | |-------------|-----------------| | **Catholic Charismatic Renewal (CCR)** | Includes tongues, group prayers, healings—but no home "entity surgeries," route visualization, or candle/water rituals. More prayer-focused, less mediumistic. | | **Pentecostalism/Evangelical** | Tongues and healings fit, but rejects "entities" visiting homes (seen as demonic); emphasizes faith healing in church, not dream operations. | | **Umbanda/Candomblé (Afro-Brazilian)** | Similar rituals/home works, but heavier African deities/orixás, less Catholic prayers; often involves offerings/herbs, not pure visualization. | | **Folk Catholicism (e.g., benzedeira)** | Prayers and blessings common, but typically hands-on with herbs/oils; no spirit surgeries or tongues. | | **New Age/Reiki/Shamanism** | Lacks Catholic prayers; more energy work/crystals, less structured spirit teams. | | **Filipino Psychic Surgery** | Physical fake incisions, not dream-based; no Catholic prayer emphasis or home rituals. | > ### Christian Worldview Fit > Spiritism claims compatibility with Christianity: Spirits are evolved souls (including biblical figures), > healing honors God's laws via reincarnation/karma. Many Catholics > participate syncretically in Brazil (e.g., 3-4% identify as Spiritist, > millions more blend it). Critics (orthodox Catholics) view it as > occult, but practitioners see it as divine aid. The man's trust and > healing don't contradict faith—he framed it as supernatural help > during desperation. > > This is probable, not certain—regional variations exist—but the ritual > details are a near-perfect match for documented Brazilian > *Espiritismo*. If you have more details (e.g., location), it could refine this.

**Arius' death was it miraculous or was he poisoned?** Arius died in 336, at Constantinople of some gory intestinal disorder. Some believe that his death corresponded to the prayers of the Patriarch of Constantinople. Others believe that he may have been poisoned. Have any historians or medical professionals ever explained what type of poison could have produced the death of Arius in such a gruesome manner? [Hemorrhagic death of Arius](https://historyoftheearlychurch.wordpress.com/2021/06/07/75-the-freak-hemorrhage/) *Who believed that his death was a miraculous event and why?* *Those who believe he was murdered, what kind of poison could produce the physical manner in which he died?*

Are there any genuine stigmatics alive today, approved by a representative of the Catholic Church?

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?

I'm currently reading Eusebius' History of the church and stumbled upon this passage: > These earnest disciples of great men built on the foundation of the > churches everywhere laid by the apostles, spreading the message still > further and sowing the saving seed of the Kingdom of Heaven far and > wide through the entire world. Very many disciples of the time, their > hearts smitten by the word of God with an ardent passion for true > philosophy, first fulfilled the Saviour's command by distributing > their possessions among the needy; then, leaving their homes behind, > they carried out the work of the evangelists, ambitious to preach to > those who had never yet heard the message of the faith and to give > them the inspired gospels in writing. Staying only to lay the > foundations of the faith in one foreign place or another, appoint > others as pastors, and entrust to the the tending of those newly > brought in, they set off again for other lands and peoples with the > grace and cooperation of God, **for even at that late date many > miraculous powers of the divine Spirit worked through them**, so that at > the first hearing while crowds in a body embraced with a whole-hearted > eagerness the worship of the universal Creator. To me, this seems to imply that readers at Eusebius' time would not expect performing miracles to be a gift that one could possess. Is this line of thing correct? To further clarify, I'm using the same definition of cessationism found on Got Questions > Most cessationists believe that, while God can and still does perform > miracles today, the Holy Spirit no longer uses individuals to perform > miraculous signs.

There is already a related question on intersex people here: [How are intersex people explained by Christianity?](https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/83572/117426) I’ve also come across some personal stories and documentaries on YouTube: * [“I Was Born With Male and Female Parts” | Listen Up | ABC Science](https://youtu.be/4fP8WZXplR4) * [“I Learned I Was Intersex At 21” | Listen Up | ABC Science](https://youtu.be/vcSCW51PSIs) * [Born Intersex: Defying The Binary (Medical Documentary) | Real Stories](https://youtu.be/QVHq8wb19jo) This made me wonder: has there ever been a documented case, in the records of any Christian organization, of an intersex individual being healed of their intersex condition by God? --- --- "Intersex" is the colloquial term used to refer to what medically is known as [*disorders of sex development*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disorders_of_sex_development) (DSD): > **Disorders of sex development** (**DSDs**), also known as **differences in sex development**, **variations in sex > characteristics** (**VSC**),[^(\[2\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disorders_of_sex_development#cite_note-NHS-2)[^(\[3\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disorders_of_sex_development#cite_note-3) **sexual > anomalies**, or **sexual abnormalities**, are [congenital > conditions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congenital_disorder) affecting > the [reproductive > system](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_reproductive_system) , in > which development > of [chromosomal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromosome), [gonadal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonad) , > or [anatomical sex](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomical_sex) is > atypical.[^(\[4\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disorders_of_sex_development#cite_note-lee-4)[^(\[5\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disorders_of_sex_development#cite_note-5) > > DSDs are subdivided into groups in which the labels generally > emphasize the [karyotype](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karyotype) 's > role in diagnosis: 46,XX; 46,XY; sex chromosome; XX, sex reversal; > ovotesticular disorder; and XY, sex > reversal.[^(\[6\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disorders_of_sex_development#cite_note-6) > > Infants born with atypical genitalia often cause confusion and > distress for the family. [Psychosexual > development](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychosexual_development) is > influenced by numerous factors that include, but are not limited to, > gender differences in brain > structure, [genes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene) associated with > sexual development, prenatal androgen exposure, interactions with > family, and cultural and societal > factors.[^(\[7\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disorders_of_sex_development#cite_note-7) Because > of the complex and multifaceted factors involved, communication and > psychosexual support are all important. > > A team of experts, or patient support groups, are usually recommended > for cases related to sexual anomalies. This team of experts are > usually derived from a variety of disciplines > including [pediatricians](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pediatrics), [neonatologists](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neonatology) , > pediatric [urologists](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urologists) , > pediatric [general > surgeons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_surgery), [endocrinologists](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endocrinologist), [geneticists](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneticist), [radiologists](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiologists), [psychologists](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychologist) and [social > workers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_work).[^(\[8\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disorders_of_sex_development#cite_note-:332-8)[^(\[9\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disorders_of_sex_development#cite_note-9)[^(\[10\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disorders_of_sex_development#cite_note-:432-10) These > professionals are capable of providing first line (prenatal) and > second line diagnostic (postnatal) tests to examine and diagnose > sexual anomalies. > > > #### Gonadal development disorders > > Gonadal development disorders form a wide spectrum, classified by > their [cytogenetic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytogenetics) and [histopathological](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histopathology) features . > However, unsolved diagnosis > and [malignancy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malignancy) still > represent difficulties in the sex determination of these > patients.[^(\[37\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disorders_of_sex_development#cite_note-37) Such > disorders include partial or complete gonadal > dysgenesis, [ovotesticular](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovotesticular_disorder) DSD, [testicular](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testicular) DSD > and [sex > reversal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_reversal).[^(\[8\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disorders_of_sex_development#cite_note-:332-8) > > #### Abnormal genital development > > Genital abnormality can occur in the penis, scrotum or testes in > males; and vagina and labia in > females.[^(\[8\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disorders_of_sex_development#cite_note-:332-8) Sometimes , > ambiguous genitalia could occur, where the clear distinction of > external genitalia is absent in both male and female. Hence, > examination (typically at birth) is carried out where the sex of the > patient will be determined > through [imaging](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imaging_biomarker) and [blood > tests](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_test).[^(\[8\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disorders_of_sex_development#cite_note-:332-8) Abnormal > genital development includes disorders of fetal origin, disorders in > androgen synthesis or action, disorders in [anti-Müllerian > hormone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-M%C3%BCllerian_hormone) synthesis > or > action.[^(\[8\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disorders_of_sex_development#cite_note-:332-8) > > #### Others > > In addition to the aforementioned sexual anomalies, there are other > unclassified sexual anomalies. In males, this includes severe > early-onset [intrauterine growth > restriction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrauterine_growth_restriction) , > isolated [hypospadias](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypospadias), [congenital > hypogonadotropic > hypogonadism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congenital_hypogonadotropic_hypogonadism), [hypogonadism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypogonadism) and [cryptorchidism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptorchidism) . > In females, this includes [Malformation > syndromes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malformation_syndrome), [Müllerian > agenesis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCllerian_agenesis)/[hypoplasia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypoplasia), [uterine > anomalies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uterine_malformation), [vaginal > atresia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaginal_atresia) and [labial > adhesions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labial_adhesions).[^(\[8\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disorders_of_sex_development#cite_note-:332-8)

Claims of unexpected and spontaneous fillings or full restorations of teeth with gold are not unheard of in many faith healing services and other religious gatherings. For example, in a [video](https://youtu.be/j09HsDbjLPg?t=28) recorded at the [Demonstrate Conference](https://www.facebook.com/events/living-faith-church/demonstrate-conference/390125865229060/) (an event hosted by [Jennifer Eivaz](https://www.jennifereivaz.com/)) , a woman testifies (*): > [...] I was, you know, asking God ... Holy Spirit to come ... and the miracle started happening ... **and then I got a gold tooth**! And it's so crazy, because you open your mouth, and everyone has their cameras looking at your mouth ... so I can't wait to brush my teeth and look at my gold tooth. Similarly, in [this thread](https://www.christianforums.com/threads/its-a-miracle-i-got-a-gold-tooth.3262453/) a woman shares (*): > [...] I attended a healing/revival meeting tonight, put on by Jeff Jansen, of Global Fire Ministries, and **the Lord gave many people gold teeth**!!! I had been praying and fasting all week for the Lord to show Himself big and make Himself soooo real to me !!! And guess what? **I got one, too**!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [...] > **Many people got gold teeth tonight** and NO ONE can tell me that it wasn't real because I saw it with my own eyes....one lady first noticed that **God turned 3 of hers gold on the top and I looked and saw them**. A few minutes later, **two of hers on the bottom had turned and I saw them**. **A few minutes later, 8 had turned gold and I saw them all--before and after**!!!! (*) Emphasis mine. In fact, the phenomenon seems to be relatively widespread, as many more examples recorded in different places and countries can be found with a quick YouTube search: [A](https://youtu.be/Y8GK_I5aiHc) , [B](https://youtu.be/yS4zzVCpXG0?t=35) , [C](https://youtu.be/ojyo_P5FBA4?t=35) , [D](https://youtu.be/wXu96t8ar4g) , [E](https://youtu.be/b402eJ3TdUc) , [F](https://youtu.be/1nNc6_Ycg_o) , [G](https://youtu.be/y7YaOdFlSqY?t=162) , [H](https://youtu.be/_0Iqk2YREyM) , [I](https://youtu.be/WW-dUYjVJwg) , [J](https://youtu.be/UItU6qlKvvA) , [K](https://youtu.be/nS6w5qAw7XY) , [L](https://youtu.be/5Qwn9JA8HU4) , etc. What are the oldest records of this phenomenon? Is it a relatively recent phenomenon in Church History (a few decades old) or can we find older records?

In Mark 4:37–39 (also in Matthew 8:23–27 and Luke 8:22–25), a violent storm arises while Jesus and His disciples are crossing the Sea of Galilee. Jesus is asleep in the boat, and when the disciples wake Him, He rebukes the wind and speaks to the waves, calming the storm: > "He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, 'Quiet! Be still!' Then the wind died down and it was completely calm." — Mark 4:39 (NIV) What stands out is that Jesus rebukes the storm in the same language He often uses when dealing with demons (e.g., Mark 1:25, Luke 4:35). Shortly after this event, Jesus arrives in the region of the Gerasenes and confronts a man possessed by a legion of demons (Mark 5:1–13), who ultimately beg to be cast into a herd of pigs—which then rush into the sea and drown. Some theologians and preachers have connected these events, suggesting that: **The storm may have been a demonic attempt to kill Jesus and His disciples before He could deliver the demoniac.** Question: According to various Christian theological perspectives (e.g., evangelical, Catholic, Orthodox, etc.), is there reason to believe that the storm was caused by demonic forces rather than being a natural phenomenon? How do different traditions interpret the storm in light of the nearby exorcism and the association of demons with the sea?

I’m very curious to hear the Protestant view of Fatima, considering that it involves the Virgin Mary appearing before witnesses, many of whom were skeptics.

Bishop Josephus Meile (†1957) claims in *Die jungfräulichen Seelen in der Welt* (*The Virgin Souls in the World* ) p. 28 that >At the time of the *wedding at Cana*, as the Fathers of the Church testify, Mary was married as the new Eve to Christ as the New Adam. The new wine of Cana symbolizes the love that unites the King and the Queen.
Bei der *Hochzeit zu Kana*, so bezeugen uns die Kirchenväter, ist Maria als neue Eva mit Christus als neuem Adam vermählt worden. Durch den neuen Wein von Kana wird die Liebe versinnbildet, welche den König und die Königin verbindet. Which "Fathers of the Church" say the **wedding at Cana** was that of the **New Eve marrying the New Adam?**

From the Wikipedia article on [Eucharistic miracles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucharistic_miracle) : > In Christianity, a Eucharistic miracle is any miracle involving the Eucharist. In the Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Eastern Orthodox, Methodist, Anglican and Oriental Orthodox Churches, the fact that Christ is really made manifest in the Eucharist is deemed a Eucharistic miracle; however, this is to be distinguished from other manifestations of God. The Catholic Church distinguishes between divine revelation, such as the Eucharist, and private revelation, such as Eucharistic miracles. **In general, reported Eucharistic miracles usually consist of unexplainable phenomena such as consecrated Hosts visibly transforming into myocardium tissue, being preserved for extremely long stretches of time, surviving being thrown into fire, bleeding, or even sustaining people for decades**. The same article includes a list of [extraordinary Eucharistic miracles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucharistic_miracle#Extraordinary_Eucharistic_miracles) . What is the Protestant view on these miracles? _______ Related: https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/22765/50422

Are there any publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals lending credence to any Christian miracle? For example, a peer-reviewed publication validating some "unexplainable" healing after intercessory prayer, or a peer-reviewed publication validating some "unexplainable" creative miracle, etc.

There is some number of images of Jesus or other spiritual beings that are claimed to be miraculous as they miraculously got exposed in a camera. People who took these images swear there was no the image prior to the picture taking. Some of the images of Jesus: Here is a site displaying many images of Jesus's face. Did any of the theologians explain why they resemble the face of Jesus always in a different way? Hardly ever Jesus looks the same. In order to make this question about Christianity, what does the Catholic church say about these miraculous images? Some of the images claim to have the real or similar presence of Christ in them similar to the Eucharist. They also supposedly offer a special spiritual protection if hang in a house.

I am interested to know if any spiritual wonders or miracles were performed by arius or his followers. I'm not looking for answers like "wisdom", the church has many saints that performed wonders or had miracles around them. Healing, understanding language, being teleported, invisibility, feeding a small amount of food to a large group, resurrecting people, etc. Do the churches of Arianism have any miracles, wonders, etc.?

A number of miracles in the New Testament are not wrought by someone just praying. Instead, there are often physical intermediaries. One example is Paul's handkerchief, which could be used to heal people in absence of Paul himself. Another is the lady touching Jesus' robe. Jesus also used mud in the eyes of the blind man. Even when other physical objects are not used, often the healer lays hands on the person being healed, which is still a physical object being used as a medium. One could even say the words used in a healing prayer are a physical medium, since the words already exist in the person's mind, and God can read everyone's mind, so aren't strictly necessary to exhibit a person's intent to heal. Why are physical mediums of one sort or another used in the enactment of all the miracles? Why don't people just think the miracle into existence?

Paul wrote that 500 people saw Jesus at once (1 Cor 15:6). If his recounting is true, it's obvious they saw *something*, but it's not clear to me why that thing couldn't have been a vague figure misinterpreted as Jesus. Here are some similar events: - 108 people saw the Virgin Mary appear at a waterfall and then to the adults of the group at Mass. Link Among the observers were doctors, psychologists, psychiatrists, engineers, and lawyers. - A second example comes from Cairo, Egypt in 1986, at a Coptic church. Mary had appeared a number of times between 1983 and 1986. Once she appeared on the roof, four Coptic bishops arrived to authenticate the vision. They did indeed see her. At other times she was seen by (non-Christian, obviously) Muslims. Link - During the supposed Miracle of Fatima, many people claimed to see the sun exhibit strange behavior, whirling toward the earth. Link - Betty Parris (age 9) and her cousin Abigail Williams (age 11), the daughter and the niece, respectively, of Reverend Samuel Parris, began to have fits described as "beyond the power of epileptic fits or natural disease to effect" by John Hale, the minister of the nearby town of Beverly. Link - Sixty-two pupils at the Ariel School aged between six and twelve said that they saw one or more silver craft descend from the sky and land on a field near their school. Some of the children claimed that one or more creatures dressed all in black then approached and telepathically communicated to them a message with an environmental theme, frightening them and causing them to cry. Several of them have maintained their account into adulthood. Link

Jesus taught that blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven after the Pharisees and Sadducees claimed he was using the power of Beelzebub-the prince of demons to heal. In this response, Jesus is not only acknowledging that the power to heal sources from a distinct entity called the Holy Ghost but also distinguishes himself from the later by acknowledging that he is not that entity but the son of man. *Mathew 12:31* >He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters. 31Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. 32Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the one to come. Does the statement above show the healing power sourced from the Holy Spirit?

We read in Mark 10:46-47 > As Jesus was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a sizable crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind man, the son of Timaeus, sat by the roadside begging. On hearing that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, "Jesus, son of David, have pity on me." Mark goes on to say that after getting healed by Jesus, Bartimaeus followed the Lord 'in the way'(Verse 52, KJV). In the narration of a number of Jesus' miracles, identity of the beneficiary is not given. That Mark mentions the identity of the blind beggar implies that he would subsequently become a household name among the followers of Christ. My question is : What do traditions say about the post- healing life of Bartimaeus, the blind beggar ?

The [staircase in Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe, New Mexico](https://www.lorettochapel.com/staircase) is said to have been built by St. Joseph, the patron saint of carpenters. According to the story, the Sisters of Loretto prayed to St. Joseph for nine days to help them find a builder for a staircase. On the last day, a man appeared with a donkey and toolbox and offered to build the staircase. He worked alone using only hand tools and disappeared without being paid or identified. The Sisters believed the man was St. Joseph himself. The staircase is a helix-shaped spiral that stands 20 feet tall and has two 360-degree turns. It was built without nails, only wooden pegs, and has no visible means of support. The staircase's design is considered innovative and baffling, and some of its design considerations remain a mystery to experts today. My question: what is the official stand of the Catholic Church on the aforementioned staircase?

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.