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Roman emperor Vespasian cured a blind man and a lame man in AD 70. The event is recorded by Tacitus <ref name="vespasian">The Complete Works of Tacitus, tr. Church and Brodribb, 1942, Part 4, para. 81.</ref> and Suetonius. | *Roman emperor Vespasian cured a blind man and a lame man in AD 70. The event is recorded by Tacitus <ref name="vespasian">The Complete Works of Tacitus, tr. Church and Brodribb, 1942, Part 4, para. 81.</ref> and Suetonius. | ||
Jean François Paul de Gondi's account in his Mémoires of the door keeper of Saragossa Cathedral having regained a leg. <ref>Jean François Paul de Gondi, Mémoires [Memoirs], in Œuvres, ed. Marie-Therese Hipp and Michel Pernot (Paris: Gallimard, 1984). EHU Sect. 10.26.</ref> | *Jean François Paul de Gondi's account in his Mémoires of the door keeper of Saragossa Cathedral having regained a leg. <ref>Jean François Paul de Gondi, Mémoires [Memoirs], in Œuvres, ed. Marie-Therese Hipp and Michel Pernot (Paris: Gallimard, 1984). EHU Sect. 10.26.</ref> | ||
Many miracles witnessed by the tomb of François de Pâris around 1731. This lead to the sect of the Convulsionnaires of Saint-Médard. | *Many miracles witnessed by the tomb of François de Pâris around 1731. This lead to the sect of the Convulsionnaires of Saint-Médard. | ||
In Racine's history of the convent of Port-Royal, he records that the niece of the famous Pascal was healed of an fistula of the eye when touched by a sacred relic. <ref>Mary Shelly, Lives of the Most Eminent Literary and Scientific Men of France</ref> | *In Racine's history of the convent of Port-Royal, he records that the niece of the famous Pascal was healed of an fistula of the eye when touched by a sacred relic. <ref>Mary Shelly, Lives of the Most Eminent Literary and Scientific Men of France</ref> | ||
==Counter-Apologetics== | |||
Whether events like these above are real or not, they do not mean there is something supernatural or a god. See the article [[Miracles]] for more information and eplanations. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 20:11, 12 July 2015
In secular historical sources, Miracles occur throughout history and in many religions.
Notable examples
- Roman emperor Vespasian cured a blind man and a lame man in AD 70. The event is recorded by Tacitus [1] and Suetonius.
- Jean François Paul de Gondi's account in his Mémoires of the door keeper of Saragossa Cathedral having regained a leg. [2]
- Many miracles witnessed by the tomb of François de Pâris around 1731. This lead to the sect of the Convulsionnaires of Saint-Médard.
- In Racine's history of the convent of Port-Royal, he records that the niece of the famous Pascal was healed of an fistula of the eye when touched by a sacred relic. [3]
Counter-Apologetics
Whether events like these above are real or not, they do not mean there is something supernatural or a god. See the article Miracles for more information and eplanations.
References
- ↑ The Complete Works of Tacitus, tr. Church and Brodribb, 1942, Part 4, para. 81.
- ↑ Jean François Paul de Gondi, Mémoires [Memoirs], in Œuvres, ed. Marie-Therese Hipp and Michel Pernot (Paris: Gallimard, 1984). EHU Sect. 10.26.
- ↑ Mary Shelly, Lives of the Most Eminent Literary and Scientific Men of France
