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HEALING MIRACLES PERFORMED BY CHRIST – A SYMBOL OF MAN S REDEMPTION
HEALING MIRACLES PERFORMED BY CHRIST – A SYMBOL OF MAN S REDEMPTION

Author(s): Leontin Popescu
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion
Published by: Ideas Forum International Academic and Scientific Association
Keywords: healing; miracle; sacrament; salvation; illness; suffering;

Summary/Abstract: Each time, we find it very difficult to understand the real cause of suffering and this happens becauseillness and suffering hurt the individual in his most intimate experience. The suffering man mustexperience inner conflict: how he must understand himself. We are aware that God is not the cause of ourevil and suffering, but they must be allowed by Providence. The persistent question lingers: why doesGod allow man, the most beautiful of all creatures, to wallow in misfortune, suffering, pain and death?Throughout all the New Testament, the experience of healing and recovering from various illnesses, aswell as forgiving sins, certify Christ’s salvation work, eventually accomplished by death and resurrection.All instances of healing physical illnesses that the Saviour performs are a forerunner of His salvationwork achieved by His sacrifice on the Cross. Therein lies the great sacrament: Christ, crucified on theCross, overcomes suffering and pain by His own suffering and pain. If until the Resurrection sufferingand illnesses were only cured by the manifestation of divine power, Resurrection bestows a newdimension upon suffering, which is transfigured, in that it becomes triumph.

  • Issue Year: 3/2019
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 69-74
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English