But she has come to accept it as the normal order of things that what was once the rule in the Christian Church should be now only the exception.

Orthodoxy has framed a theory of the words of Jesus to account for this strange departure of His Church from them.

It teaches us to believe that His example was not meant to be followed, in this respect, by all His disciples.

The power of healing which was in Him was a purely exceptional power.

It was used as an evidence of His divine mission.