Does Protestant and Christian denominations have stories to tell about bilocation?
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That such stories emanate from the Catholic Church would lead any intelligent person to form an opinion about the Catholic Church, one way or another way.
It is true that, as far as I can find, no valid, Protestant spokesperson has claimed to be able to be in two places (on earth) at the same time.
Nor did any Old Testament prophet. Nor did any Apostle.
Nor was the Lord Jesus, in his humanity, ever recorded to be, though he did say, whilst his own human feet were on the earth :
... the Son, of man, which is in heaven ... John 3:13 KJV (plus two commas in context).
To be 'made sit in heavenly (places)' Ephesians 2:6 (KJV and Douay Rheims) is a privilege shared by all persons still on earth, who are true believers in Christ. I am uncertain whether this is classed as 'bilocational'.
If that is accepted as 'bilocational' then I suppose that all true Christians have such a privilege.
Συνεκαθισεν 'made sit together' is in the past tense - strictly speaking, the aorist tense - and so is true now, and is not a matter of the future bodily resurrection. [See Bagster's Analytical Lexicon 'συνεκαθισεν .. third person, singular, aorist 1, indicative'].
And this agrees with the words of the Lord Jesus that, whilst on earth, he was simultaneously in heaven.
For the kingdom of heaven is come among us and those who repent and believe, enter therein, as saith a multitude of scriptures. See 57 verses about Entry into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Even when we were dead in sins, [the Father of glory (1:17)] hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. Ephesians 2:6,7 KJV.
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According to Wikipedia, bilocation does not appear to be restricted to only pious people within the Catholic Church:
The concept of bilocation has appeared in early Greek philosophy, shamanism, paganism, folklore, occultism, magic, the paranormal, Hinduism (as one of the siddhis), spiritualism, Theosophy, the New Age and mysticism in general, as well as Christian mysticism and Jewish mysticism. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilocation
The claim to this phenomenon is made by many cults and occults, such as pagan witches, spiritualists, shamans, Theosophists, Buddhists, Jewish and Christian mystics, Hindus, and others. (Bible Theology Ministries, U.K., Reformed Christian Doctrine) Source: http://www.christiandoctrine.com/christian-doctrine/heresy-and-error/1295-bilocation
To answer your question, I am unable to find any source that suggests this phenomenon has been experienced by Protestants, regardless of any degree of "piety".
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I am unaware of any undisputed evidence of bilocation. It is not described in the Bible as far as I can tell. The closest we see are two examples as listed below.
- Philip in Acts 8:39, 40 where the Spirit "snatched him away) and he appeared suddenly in a different location.
- The prophet Elijah as mentioned in 1 Kings 18:12.
However, I am not sure that either of these would qualify as bilocation. Even Jesus, the most perfect and sinless man of all, is never recorded as existing in two places at once (on earth) or even disappearing from one place and suddenly appearing in another place.
For great claims, correspondingly great evidence is required. There are numerous such fantastic claims about such phenomena but all have a ring of mysticism.
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