Some Thoughts on the Spanish Inquisition
Do We Heal by Faith Alone?
The Spanish Inquisition was led by violent men who confused faith healers with witches. If a person healed someone without the use of science, it was deemed to be witchcraft by those talented Spaniards. The Pope got in the way eventually by overspending the Spaniards who had coffers filled by the gold of the barbarian Aztecs and others they found in the new world in exchange for their blood. Actually, the Pope finally spent enough money to educate the Spaniards that many of the men and women they were accusing of witchcraft were healing like the Apostles by faith in Jesus alone. He finally got it through to them that if they continued to persecute faith healers in the name of Jesus, they would have to be thrown out of the Catholic Church which is based on the teachings of Peter an Apostle and a healer in the name of Jesus. Rather than face excommunication, the villainous Spaniards ceased their torture of faith healers. We must all remember that Peter was not a trained doctor but healed as did his Master Jesus.
That peculiar kind of thinking is rampant in today's America. The problem is this: to heal through science is acceptable. To heal through faith is witchcraft. To admit to being a witch and selling charms is funny. To say that you are a witness to Jesus is okay. To actually heal in the name of Jesus and to have a real healing means that you are using magic and you're not a magician!
My opinion all this frenzy double faced attacks is that some unscrupulous people have been making a fortune over the years acting the part of healers, magicians and mentalists. When they encounter any one of the previous they used all the machinations of the violent, bloody, greedy Spaniards that earmarked one of the most disturbing eras in world history.
Published by Nora Nick
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Post a CommentOccassionally, i feel as if I were dead., lol. One interesting thought is that Jesus Himself was judged to be a witch by the Pharisees for practicing healing and not on their prescribed days.
Hi... I almost wrote on the Spanish Inquisition, but to actually do so would require more time and effort than I was ready to devote. It was an evil thing, the Inquisition. Funny that so many people still accept the church that was so much a part of it. By their fruits YOU will recognize them. "Never do people gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles, do they?"- Matthew 7:16. Curiously, I see you are interested in healing. As you accurately note, 1st century Christians practiced healings, with God's blessing and approval. The Church was in its infancy, compared to Judaism, and God could demonstrate who He was using by such gifts. Paul, later, did indicate that the valid use of Gifts of the Spirit would cease (1 Corinthians 13). Of course, just as in the days of Moses, magic-practicing priests (of Pharaoh) could practice powerful works - to a degree. Interestingly, though, they were limited. Today no one has raised the dead.