Formula for Raising the Dead and the Baptism of Fire
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Baptism could be done with a fire hose. He died in 1960 a rich man. ... Rabbi Matthew claims to possess an ancient Hebrew formula that enables him to raise the dead, heal illnesses, and transform enemies into friends.
9:18–26 woman healed and dead girl raised; 2. ... and is most evident in the first summary statement/analysis of the miracle triads (an Isaianic formula quotation). ... 7 The 164 A Baptism of Judgment in the Fire of the Holy Spirit.
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Cf. his Defaga saeculi 8.45, 9.57 (CSEL 32.199, 206): “Renuntiavimus saeculo et usui eius”; “ut iam mundo nihil debeas, cui semel renuntiasti." 2"Ambrose, Hexameron 1.4.14 (CSEL 32.12); see Jerome, Epist.
But Arator's concentration on baptismal themes also offers vital evidence of the transmission of exegetical ideas in late antiquity.
Holy Spirit Are We Flammable or Fireproof?