The Close of the Canon Holy Scripture.

[JesusFan]

Early Christianity (100 - 500)

• Justin Martyr (d.165) in his Dialogue with Trypho comments, 'For the prophetical gifts remain with us, even to the present time.'
• Irenaeus (d.202) was a pupil of Polycarp, who was a disciple of the apostle John. He wrote in his book Against Heresies, Book V, vi.: "In like manner do we also hear many brethren in the church who possess prophetic gifts, and who through the Spirit speak all kinds of languages, and bring to light, for the general benefit, the hidden things of men and declare the mysteries of God, who also the apostles term spiritual". "Those who are in truth His disciples, receiving grace from Him, do in His name perform [miracles], so as to promote the welfare of other men, according to the gift which each one has received from Him. For some do certainly and truly drive out devils, so that those who have thus been cleansed from evil spirits frequently both believe [in Christ], and join themselves to the Church. Others have foreknowledge of things to come: they see visions, and utter prophetic expressions. Others still, heal the sick by laying their hands upon them, and they are made whole. Yea, moreover, as I have said, the dead even have been raised up, and remained among us for many years…. The name of our Lord Jesus Christ even now confers benefits [upon men], and cures thoroughly and effectively all who anywhere believe on Him".
• Origen (AD 185–253). He professed to have been an eye-witness to many instances of exorcism, healing, and prophecy.
• Augustine (d.430) – Augustine commented in chapters 8 and 9 of Book XXII of his City of God, written circa AD 415, Augustine noted that miracles in his day were not as spectacular or as those at the dawn of Christianity, but that they continued to take place.

Good summary here

The Cessation of the Sign Gifts by Prof. Thomas R. Edgar

Cessationism and the Tongues Movement

www.the-highway.com

 

[Ascetic X]

But view held by majority of reformed and Baptists though , and has been the dominant viewpoint since Reformation

The opinions of men mean absolutely nothing to me. Scripture rules.

 

[Craigbythesea]

Yes, indeed.

It did happen and there was NO HEALER AT ALL.
There was a man that slumped down in a chair. There was a Doctor and two Nurses that took him out of the service in a wheelchair and discovered he had died. There was a congregation that thought he was sick and began praying fervently for the man. There was an ambulance that arrived from 911 with Paramedics that confirmed he was dead.

There were medical professionals filling out paperwork deciding where to transport the body, a church still praying for the "sick" and a dead man that sat up and refused to be transported so he could finish church service.

No "show", no "snake oil", no "pass the plate" ... just the Church being the Church and God being God.
Nobody felt a need to tell any reporters. Those that were there knew and that was enough.

My first pastorate was of an interdenominational church on the second floor in one of the oldest surviving buildings in the city. Our congregation was extremely diverse both theologically and socially. Many of the members were alcoholics who lived in nearby rescue missions. Others lived aboard ships in our harbor. One family lived in a house more than 90 miles from the church

On what started out as a regular night, I heard a drunk stumbling up our stairs so I went out to the stairs to drag him back down and out of the building. Totally to my surprise, however, the man was not drunk but in pain from a leg injury. He was a 20-year-old sailor who wanted to come to our church service but between the pain from his injury and his being very discouraged and depressed he was crying as he attempted to get up our stairs. I got a couple of the men from the church and we helped him up the stairs.

We sat him down on a nearby kitchen chair and my associate pastor came over and asked the man if he could pray for him and he gave his consent. To my astonishment and disapproval, my associate pastor laid his hands on the man and vigorously prayed to God for Him to heal the man. I stood there very annoyed but said nothing and my associate pastor told the man to lift up his leg just a little bit and gently bend it back and forth at the knee as he continued to sit in the chair. The man did as he was told, and then my associate pastor told the man to bend his leg a little more, and a little more—and all of a sudden the man jumped up out of the chair, ran down the stairs, around the black, and back up the stairs. He stayed for the service, fellowshipped with us, and left. He came back the following night a very happy and well young man. He continued to worship and fellowship with us while his ship was in port and then he was gone.