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Though the term "miracle" can often be heard from Christians and non-Christians alike, the entire [[Bible]] only contains one genuine reference to "miracle" and that was a quote of a non-believer (the Pharaoh) in Exodus 7:9 (RSV): "When Pharaoh says to you, 'Prove yourselves by working a '''miracle''',' then you shall say to Aaron, 'Take your rod and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it may become a serpent.'"

Though the term "miracle" can often be heard from Christians and non-Christians alike, the entire [[Bible]] only contains one genuine reference to "miracle" and that was a quote of a non-believer (the Pharaoh) in Exodus 7:9 (RSV): "When Pharaoh says to you, 'Prove yourselves by working a '''miracle''',' then you shall say to Aaron, 'Take your rod and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it may become a serpent.'"

Under [[Christianity]] and [[Judaism]], God is truth and a miracle is nothing more than a "sign" of the truth.  "Miracle" is the non-believer's term for what believers properly describe as a "sign", a term that does appear repeatedly in the [[Bible]].  The scholar [[Chad Walsh]] echoes [[C.S. Lewis]]&mdash;''Miracles: A Preliminary Study''(1947, Macmillan)&mdash;when he states that no other religion bases its ideas upon miracles as much as does Christianity.  Its foundation is the [[Incarnation]].<ref> ''C.S. Lewis: Apostle to the Skeptics'', Chad Walsh, Macmillian company, 1949, page 34 </ref>

Under [[Christianity]] and [[Judaism]], God is truth and a miracle is nothing more than a "sign" of the truth.  "Miracle" is the non-believer's term for what believers properly describe as a "sign", a term that does appear repeatedly in the [[Bible]].  The scholar [[Chad Walsh]] echoes [[C.S. Lewis]]&mdash;''Miracles: A Preliminary Study''(1947, Macmillan)&mdash;when he states that no other religion bases its ideas upon miracles as much as does Christianity.  Its foundation is the [[Incarnation]].<ref>''C.S. Lewis: Apostle to the Skeptics'', Chad Walsh, Macmillian company, 1949, page 34</ref>

==List of miracles approved by the [[Congregation for the Causes of Saints]]==

==List of miracles approved by the [[Congregation for the Causes of Saints]]==

*Stigmata (and other signs) of [[St. Francis of Assisi]]

*Stigmata (and other signs) of [[St. Francis of Assisi]]

*Prophecies and miraculous apparitions of [[Saint_Bernadette|St. Bernadette]]

*Prophecies and miraculous apparitions of [[Saint Bernadette|St. Bernadette]]

*Apparition of the [[Mary|Blessed Virgin Mary]] at Fatima on the 13th day of six consecutive months in 1917, starting on 13 May.

*Apparition of the [[Mary|Blessed Virgin Mary]] at Fatima on the 13th day of six consecutive months in 1917, starting on 13 May.

*Stigmata, bilocation, levitation and prophecy of [[Padre_Pio|St. Pio of Pietrelcina]] (born Francesco Frocione)

*Stigmata, bilocation, levitation and prophecy of [[Padre Pio|St. Pio of Pietrelcina]] (born Francesco Frocione)

*Blood miracle of [[St. Januarius]] (also known as St. Gennaro)

*Blood miracle of [[St. Januarius]] (also known as St. Gennaro)

*The Virgin of the tears: 1953, Syracuse (Sicily) - A statue of the Virgin Mary produces real human tears.

*The Virgin of the tears: 1953, Syracuse (Sicily) - A statue of the Virgin Mary produces real human tears.

Although all [[Atheism|atheists]] deny the existence of [[God]], a significant portion of atheists do not strictly subscribe to the philosophy of naturalism (see: [[Atheism and the supernatural]]).

Although all [[Atheism|atheists]] deny the existence of [[God]], a significant portion of atheists do not strictly subscribe to the philosophy of naturalism (see: [[Atheism and the supernatural]]).

==See Also==

==See also==

*[[In the midst of a Maelstrom: the Holy Spirit and silence: an essay]] the quiet miracle

*[[In the midst of a Maelstrom: the Holy Spirit and silence: an essay]] the quiet miracle

*[[Essay: How to "get" a church]]

*[[Essay: How to "get" a church]]

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