There are three types of miracles according to Aquinas:
(1) Those things which only God can do and which nature can not do (these are supernatural events, such as the creation of something from nothing)
(2) Those things which nature can do, but which are not in the usual order (for example, nature can give sight but not, in its normal operation, after blindness. Jesus' healing of Blind Bartimaeus is an example of this kind of miracle).
(3) Those things which nature can do, but which are without the usual principles (for example, a crop that grows without seed).
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