The healing ministry in the church
By: by Bernard Martin
Publisher: John Knox Press
Published: 1960
Place of publication: Richmond, Virginia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 125
Subjects: Mental Healing; Spiritual healing
Work titles: Ministère de la guérison dans l'Église
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Part One: The healing ministry in the New Testament; title: 1. The healing ministry of Jesus Christ; title: 1. The importance of this ministry; title: 2. The spiritual aspect of the ministry of Jesus; title: 3. The faith of Christ who heals; title: 4. The means of healing used by Jesus; title: 2. The healing ministry of the disciples; title: 1. During the ministry of Jesus; title: 2. The healing ministry in the Acts of the Apostles; title: 3. The healing ministry in the first centuries of the church; title: 3. Elements of a doctrine of healing in the New Testament; title: Part Two: The healing ministry in the church today; title: 4. Divine healing and medical science; title: 5. Sin and sickness; title: 6. The value of sickness; title: 7. Divine healing-Personal ministry or ministry of the church?; title: 8. Healing-a problem of faith; title: 1. Faith in Christ; title: 2. The faith of the sick; title: 3. The faith of those around the sick; title: 9. Prayer for healing; title: 1. The prayer of faith; title: 2. The role of the imagination; title: 3. Positive prayer; title: 4. Thanksgiving; title: 5. General principles and particular cases; title: 10. Sacraments and signs of healing; title: 1. The place of the sacrament; title: 2. Holy communion; title: 3. Laying on of hands; title: 4. Anointing with oil; title: 11. Failures; title: 1. Why are not all sick people healed?; title: 2. The "thorn in the flesh"; title: 3. Trophimus and Timothy; title: 4. And what about death?; title: 5. The church's lack of faith; title: 12. The practical restoration of the healing ministry of the church.