cts 2:6 that "it was a greater miracle that they should speak all kinds of tongues"; and Paul says ( 1 Cor. 14:18 ): "I thank my God I speak with all your tongues." Reply to Objection 3: Christ in His own person purposed preaching to only one nation, namely the Jews. Consequently…

s like a habit in the person who has it, and "he can use it when he will"; wherefore it is written ( 1 Cor. 14:18 ): "I thank my God I speak with all your tongues." But it is not so with the gift of prophecy, as stated above ( Q[171], A[2] ). Therefore the gift of tongues would s…

e Apostolus in Epistola sua hoc approbans ait: «Gratias ago Deo, quod omnium gentium linguis loquor (I Cor. XIV, 18) .» Hoc ideo insinuando protulimus ut intelligamus ad quantam perfectionis gratiam B. Matthias est electus qui inter duodecim apostolos duodecimi apostolatus culmen…