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> [“...the early church fathers provide abundant evidence that gifts such as prophecy and miracles continued in their own time, even if not as abundantly as in the first century. Christians in the medieval and modern periods continued to embrace these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-keener/the-early-church-fathers-provide-abundant-evidence-that-gifts-such-as/)

Craig Keener

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## More by Craig Keener

> [“...the early church fathers provide abundant evidence that gifts such as prophecy and miracles continued in their own time, even if not as abundantly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-keener/the-early-church-fathers-provide-abundant-evidence-that-gifts-such-as/)

Craig Keener

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