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Autore: | Walters Kenneth Richard, Jr. |
Titolo: | Why tongues? : the initial evidence doctrine in North American Pentecostal churches / / Kenneth R. Walters, Jr |
Pubblicazione: | Dorset, United Kingdom : , : Deo Publishing, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource |
Disciplina: | 230 |
Soggetto topico: | Glossolalia |
Pentecostal churches - Doctrines | |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
Nota di contenuto: | Introduction -- Scottish common sense realism -- Christian evidences literature -- Camp meeting revivalism -- Premillennialism and tongues : the millenarian impulse to verify spirit baptism -- Restorationism -- From origin to acceptance --Why tongues?. |
Sommario/riassunto: | The modern Pentecostal movement has been studied many times in relation to its theological and sociological background. Previous studies, however, have not focused on the disctinctive doctrine of that movement: the teaching that speaking in tongues is the initial physical evidence of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit. Given that Pentecostals believe that this is a work of grace, such a doctrine seems unlikely to arise, as physical evidence is seldom required or looked for in the life of a believer in relation to any other area of grace. This prompts the question of why such evidence was even being looked for. And yet, within a very short time of its proposal, acceptance of this doctrine was so widespread as to become the hallmark of the movement. Insistence on such a doctrine led to many being asked to leave their denominations, and thus to the founding of other denominations. This book attempts to answer the question: "Why?" And specifically: "Why Tongues?" |
Titolo autorizzato: | Why tongues |
ISBN: | 90-04-39718-3 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910813387403321 |
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