Gregory Thaumaturgus of Neocaesarea in Pontus who flourished about 243 and passed some time at Caesarea in Palestine, are found to have used mainly Traditional MSS.
We may therefore conclude that his reputation of thaumaturgus was imposed upon him, that he did not resist it much, but also that he did nothing to aid it, and that, at all events, he felt the vanity of popular opinion on this point.
One would say, at times, that the character of thaumaturgus was disagreeable to him, and that he sought to give as little publicity as possible to the marvels which, in a manner, grew under his feet.
If to-morrow a thaumaturgus present himself with credentials sufficiently important to be discussed, and announce himself as able, say, to raise the dead, what would be done?
The exorcist and the thaumaturgus have alike passed away; but the religious reformer will live eternally.
In a general sense, it is therefore true to say that Jesus was only thaumaturgusand exorcist in spite of himself.
The subtleties of the polemic, the credulity of the thaumaturgus and of the exorcist, are forgotten.
If the thaumaturgus had effaced in Jesus the moralist and the religious reformer, there would have proceeded from him a school of theurgy, and not Christianity.
A thaumaturgus of our days, unless of an extreme simplicity, like that manifested by certain stigmatists of Germany, is odious; for he performs miracles without believing in them; and is a mere charlatan.
Many circumstances, moreover, seem to indicate that Jesus only became a thaumaturgus late in life and against his inclination.
But that always hitherto thethaumaturgus has chosen the subject of the experiment, chosen the spot, chosen the public?
Renan suggests that the thaumaturgus mentioned in his illustration would be required to repeat his performance in the matter of raising the dead before he would be fully believed.
Thaumaturgus (the miracle-worker), was born of noble and wealthy pagan parents at Neocaesarea in Pontus, about A.
He was the friend and patron of St. Gerard, the thaumaturgus of Brogne, and through him he reformed more than one religious house.
He had summoned François the thaumaturgus of Paula from the depths of Calabria to beseech him on bended knees for a few days' respite, and the saint had given him no hope.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "thaumaturgus" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
