According to Justin Martyr, the prophetic gifts continued "to the present time" (Irenaeus, Against Heresies 5:6:1, Ante-Nicene Library 10 vols. (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1987))
"Daily some (of you) are becoming disciples in the name of Christ, and quitting the path of error; who are also receiving gifts, each as he is worthy, illumined through the name of this Christ. For one receives the spirit of understanding, another of counsel, another of strength, another of healing, another of foreknowledge, another of teaching, and another of the fear of God." .... " ...
Accordingly, we who have received gifts from Christ, who has ascended up on high, prove from the words of prophecy that you, "the wise in yourselves, and the men of understanding in your own eyes," are foolish, and honour God and His Christ by lip only. But we, who are instructed in the whole truth, honour them both in acts, and in knowledge, and in heart, even unto death.’ ..." (Martyr Justin "Dialogue With Trypho, a Jew," "The Ante-Nicene Fathers," Vol. I, chap. 39, p. 214. Buffalo: The Christian Literature Publishing Company, 1885) |
