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Chapter 9 (pp. 297-301) of my book, Bible Truths for Catholic Truths: A Source Book for Apologists and Inquirers<\/em><\/a> (Manchester, New Hampshire: Sophia Institute Press, 2009); the paperback is now out-of-print. This book could also be known as Dave\u2019s Topical Bible<\/em>, and contains 2,051 Bible passages, categorized under 115 thematic headings. I am now offering it online for free<\/span><\/strong>.
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DISCIPLES AND ELDERS ANOINT WITH OIL TO HEAL<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Mark 6:12-13 <\/strong>So they went out and preached that men should repent. And they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many that were sick and healed them.<\/p>\n

James 5:14-15 <\/strong>Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; and the prayer of faith will save the sick man, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.<\/p>\n

LAYING ON OF HANDS FOR HEALING<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Mark 6:5<\/strong> And he could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands upon a few sick people and healed them.<\/p>\n

Luke 4:40<\/strong> Now when the sun was setting, all those who had any that were sick with various diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every one of them and healed them.<\/p>\n

Luke 22:51<\/strong> But Jesus said, \u201cNo more of this!\u201d And he touched his ear and healed him.<\/p>\n

John 9:6-7 <\/strong>As he said this, he spat on the ground and made clay of the spittle and anointed the man\u2019s eyes with the clay, saying to him, \u201cGo, wash in the pool of Silo\u2019am\u201d (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing.<\/p>\n

Acts 28:8 <\/strong>It happened that the father of Publius lay sick with fever and dysentery; and Paul visited him and prayed, and putting his hands on him healed him.<\/p>\n

HEALING FROM TOUCH APART FROM HANDS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Mark 3:10 <\/strong>for he had healed many, so that all who had diseases pressed upon him to touch him.<\/p>\n

Luke 6:19 <\/strong>And all the crowd sought to touch him, for power came forth from him and healed them all.<\/p>\n

HEALINGS WITH SPIRITUAL (NOT JUST PHYSICAL) BENEFIT (DEMON-POSSESSED MEN)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Matthew 4:24<\/strong> . . . they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, demoniacs, epileptics, and paralytics, and he healed them.<\/p>\n

Matthew 8:16<\/strong> That evening they brought to him many who were possessed with demons; and he cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick.<\/p>\n

Matthew 10:1, 8 <\/strong>And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every infirmity. . . . Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. . . .<\/p>\n

Matthew 12:22<\/strong> Then a blind and dumb demoniac was brought to him, and he healed him, so that the dumb man spoke and saw.<\/p>\n

Mark 1:34<\/strong> And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons; . . .<\/p>\n

Luke 8:2<\/strong> and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Mag\u2019dalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,<\/p>\n

Luke 9:42<\/strong> While he was coming, the demon tore him and convulsed him. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.<\/p>\n

Acts 5:16<\/strong> The people also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all healed.<\/p>\n

Acts 8:7<\/strong> For unclean spirits came out of many who were possessed, crying with a loud voice; and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Photo Credit<\/strong>: Lieutenant Commander Joseph T. O\u2019Callahan, USNR(ChC) gives \u201cLast Rites\u201d to an injured crewman aboard USS Franklin (CV-13), after the ship was set afire by a Japanese air attack, 19 March 1945. The crewman is reportedly Robert C. Blanchard, who survived his injuries.<\/span>\u00a0[public domain \/\u00a0Wikimedia Commons<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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Summary<\/em>: I provide the biblical basis for the Catholic sacrament of anointing; also known as \u201cextreme unction\u201d or \u201clast rites\u201d in cases of possible imminent death.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Formerly a campus missionary, as a Protestant, Dave was received into the Catholic Church in February 1991, by the late, well-known catechist and theologian, Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave\u2019s articles have appeared in many influential Catholic periodicals, including \"This Rock\" (now called \"Catholic Answers Magazine\"), \"Envoy Magazine\" (Patrick Madrid), \"The Catholic Answer,\" \"The Coming Home Journal,\" \"Gilbert Magazine\" (American Chesterton Society), and \"The Latin Mass.\" He also writes a featured column for every issue of \"The Michigan Catholic\": published by the archdiocese of Detroit, and was editor for most of the apologetics tracts published by the St. Paul Street Evangelization apostolate. Dave\u2019s apologetics and writing apostolate was the subject of a feature article in the May 2002 issue of \"Envoy Magazine.\" He served as the staff moderator at the Internet discussion forum for The Coming Home Network, from 2007-2010. Dave has been interviewed on many nationally syndicated Catholic radio shows, including \"Catholic Answers Live\" (twice), \"Faith and Family Live\" (Steve Wood), \"Kresta in the Afternoon,\" \"Son Rise Morning Show,\" \"Catholic Connection\" (Teresa Tomeo), and \"The Catholics Next Door.\" His large and popular website, \"Biblical Evidence for Catholicism,\" was online from March 1997 to March 2007, and received the 1998 Catholic Website of the Year award from \"Envoy Magazine.\" His blog of the same name (now transferred to Patheos), begun in February 2004, contains more than 1,500 papers, at least 500 debates or dialogues, and over 50 distinct \"index\" web pages. Unsolicited correspondence has indicated many hundreds of conversions (or returns) to the Catholic faith as a result, by God's grace, of these writings. Dave's conversion story was published in the bestselling book \"Surprised by Truth\" (edited by Patrick Madrid; San Diego: Basilica Press, 1994). Sophia Institute Press has published six of his books: \"A Biblical Defense of Catholicism\" (Foreword by Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J., 1996 \/ 2003), \"The Catholic Verses\" (2004), \"The One-Minute Apologist\" (2007), \"Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths\" (2009), \"The Quotable Newman\" (editor: 2012), and \"Proving the Catholic Faith is Biblical\" (2015). He is co-author (with Dr. Paul Thigpen) of the inserts for \"The New Catholic Answer Bible\" (Our Sunday Visitor: 2005), and editor for \"The Wisdom of Mr. Chesterton: The Very Best Quotes, Quips, and Cracks from the Pen of G. K. Chesterton\" (Saint Benedict Press \/ TAN Books: 2009). \"100 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura\" was published by Catholic Answers in May 2012. His \"Quotable Wesley\" compilation was published by (Protestant \/ Wesleyan publisher) Beacon Hill Press in April 2014. Several of his 49 books are bestsellers in their field. Dave maintains a popular personal Facebook page, a Facebook author page, and has a Twitter account as well. He offers almost all of his books in e-book form on his own Biblical Catholicism site (http:\/\/biblicalcatholicism.com\/), at a permanent deep discount: only $2.99 for ePub, mobi, and AZW, and $1.99 for PDF. His writing has been enthusiastically endorsed or recommended by many leading Catholic apologists, authors, and priests, including Dr. Scott Hahn, Fr. Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Marcus Grodi, Patrick Madrid, Steve Ray, Tim Staples, Devin Rose, Mike Aquilina, Al Kresta, Karl Keating, Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Brandon Vogt, Marcellino D'Ambrosio, and Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave has been happily married to his wife Judy since October 1984. 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