The claims
Each entry pairs a reported miracle with the documentary record and an honest, confidence-labeled estimate of how likely it is that no natural explanation accounts for it.
Each entry pairs a reported miracle with the documentary record and an honest, confidence-labeled estimate of how likely it is that no natural explanation accounts for it.
8 claims
In the final book of City of God (c. 426 CE), Augustine of Hippo compiled approximately seventy attested miracle accounts from his own diocese, presenting them as evidence that miracles had not ceased with the apostolic age.
In the final book of City of God (c. 426 CE), Augustine of Hippo compiled approximately seventy attested miracle accounts from his own diocese, presenting them as evidence that miracles had not ceased with the apostolic age.
Nigerian pastor Daniel Ekechukwu, declared dead after a car accident on November 30, 2001 with a death certificate from St. Eunice Clinic, was reportedly resurrected two days later at a church during a Reinhard Bonnke crusade.
Nigerian pastor Daniel Ekechukwu, declared dead after a car accident on November 30, 2001 with a death certificate from St. Eunice Clinic, was reportedly resurrected two days later at a church during a Reinhard Bonnke crusade.
From the 16th to early 20th centuries, approximately 80 documented cases of alleged dybbuk possession were recorded in rabbinic literature, representing the primary Jewish tradition of spiritual possession and exorcism.
From the 16th to early 20th centuries, approximately 80 documented cases of alleged dybbuk possession were recorded in rabbinic literature, representing the primary Jewish tradition of spiritual possession and exorcism.
Heidi Baker's Iris Global ministry in Mozambique has claimed numerous blind and deaf healings since the 1990s; the STEPP study (2010) measured improvements in 24 participants, but Baker's individual healing testimonies lack independent medical verification.
Heidi Baker's Iris Global ministry in Mozambique has claimed numerous blind and deaf healings since the 1990s; the STEPP study (2010) measured improvements in 24 participants, but Baker's individual healing testimonies lack independent medical verification.
Beginning in 1981, several students at a school in Kibeho, Rwanda, reported Marian apparitions that included visions of mass violence and rivers of blood — interpreted after the 1994 Rwandan genocide as prophetic.
Beginning in 1981, several students at a school in Kibeho, Rwanda, reported Marian apparitions that included visions of mass violence and rivers of blood — interpreted after the 1994 Rwandan genocide as prophetic.
Over four decades of mass crusades across Africa, Reinhard Bonnke reported millions of conversions and thousands of healings, but independent medical verification of specific cases has never been published, and skeptical analysis identifies a pattern of unsubstantiated claims.
Over four decades of mass crusades across Africa, Reinhard Bonnke reported millions of conversions and thousands of healings, but independent medical verification of specific cases has never been published, and skeptical analysis identifies a pattern of unsubstantiated claims.
A prospective peer-reviewed study by Indiana University researchers measured statistically significant improvements in hearing and vision in 24 Mozambican subjects following proximal intercessory prayer.
A prospective peer-reviewed study by Indiana University researchers measured statistically significant improvements in hearing and vision in 24 Mozambican subjects following proximal intercessory prayer.
Augustine personally witnessed and documented the healing of Paulus, a Cappadocian man afflicted with convulsions, at the shrine of St. Stephen in Hippo c. 425 CE, and days later the healing of his sister Palladia at the same altar.
Augustine personally witnessed and documented the healing of Paulus, a Cappadocian man afflicted with convulsions, at the shrine of St. Stephen in Hippo c. 425 CE, and days later the healing of his sister Palladia at the same altar.