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| A Paralytic Jew healed by Atticus in Baptism.
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Chapter IV.—A
Paralytic Jew healed by Atticus in Baptism.
This was one important
improvement in the circumstances of the Church, which happened during
the administration of Atticus. Nor were these times without the
attestation of miracles and healings. For a certain Jew being a
paralytic had been confined to his bed for many years; and as every
sort of medical skill, and the prayers of his Jewish brethren had been
resorted to but had availed nothing, he had recourse at length to
Christian baptism, trusting in it as the only true remedy to be
used.910
| 910On the supposed miraculous effects of baptism, see
Tertullian, de baptismo, passim.
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When Atticus the bishop was informed of his wishes, he instructed him
in the first principles of Christian truth, and having preached to him
to hope in Christ, directed that he should be brought in his bed to the
font. The paralytic Jew receiving baptism with a sincere faith, as soon
as he was taken out of the baptismal font found himself perfectly cured
of his disease, and continued to enjoy sound health afterwards. This
miraculous power Christ vouchsafed to be manifested even in our times;
and the fame of it caused many heathens to believe and be baptized. But
the Jews although zealously ‘seeking after signs,’911
not even the signs which actually took place induced to embrace the
faith. Such blessings were thus conferred by Christ upon men.
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