Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes - by LOMBARD, Lambert - from Rockox House, Antwerp
Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes - by LOMBARD, Lambert - from Rockox House, Antwerp
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A MIRACLE may be considered as an 'Event' Inconsistent-with the Constitution of Nature, that is, with the Established Course of Things, in which it is found. Or, again, an 'Event' in a Given System, which cannot be Referred-to any Law, or Accounted-for by the Operation-of any Principle, in that System. It does not necessarily imply a Violation of Nature, as some have supposed, — merely the Interposition of an External Cause, which, we shall hereafter show, can be no other than the Agency of the Deity. And the Effect Produced, is that of Unusual or Increased Action in the Parts of the System. Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman |
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