Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Copyright -- Précis -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part One: The New Testament Evidence -- 1. Fire and Power: Spirit-Baptism in Q and Mark -- 2. Works of Mercy and Righteousness: Spirit-Baptism in Matthew -- 3. Pentecostal Fire: Spirit-Baptism in Luke-Acts -- 4. Spiritual Body and Spiritual Rock: Spirit-Baptism in the Pauline Tradition and Hebrews -- 5. The Witness of Rome-1 Peter: Baptismal Grace Is Saving and Charismatic -- 6. Living Water: Spirit-Baptism in John -- 7. Charism and Community: Spirit-Baptism and the Building of the Church -- 8. Conclusions: Spirit-Baptism in the New Testament -- Part Two: The Early Post-Biblical Evidence -- Introduction -- 9. Tertullian: African/Enthusiast/Rigorist -- 10. Tertullian: Montanism and Reluctant Withdrawal of Communion -- 11. Origen: "Baptism Is the Principle and Source of the Divine Charisms" -- 12. Origen: "No River Is Good Except the Jordan" -- 13. Hilary of Poitiers: The Poet Bishop as Bridge -- 14. Hilary of Poitiers: The River of God and Intense Joy -- 15. Cyril of Jerusalem: Apostolic Memories in the Very Theater of Salvation -- 16. Cyril of Jerusalem: The Geography and History of the Spirit -- 17. Cyril of Jerusalem: From Outside the Mystery to Inside -- 18. Cyril of Jerusalem: "We Can Also See and Feel"- The Transformation of Jerusalem -- 19. Apostolic Constitutions: Standardizing the Charisms -- 20. John Chrysostom: From Jordan to Calvary -- 21. John Chrysostom: Then and Now-A Study in Zeal and Apathy -- 22.
Philoxenus: "Our Baptism is the Holy Spirit" -- 23. Philoxenus and the Syrians: The Monasticized Charisms -- 24. Conclusion: Spirit-Baptism and Initiation in the Early Post-Biblical Tradition -- 25. General Conclusions: here We Were and Where We Are -- General Index -- Index of Biblical References.