Peter D. Hocken

Pentecost and Parousia (eBook, ePUB)

Charismatic Renewal, Christian Unity, and the Coming Glory

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

As the charismatic movement penetrated the Protestant churches and then impacted the Catholic Church, great hopes for Christian unity were aroused among many. These hopes peaked with the great Kansas City conference of 1977 and the "Pentecost over Europe" gathering in Strasbourg, France, in 1982. After these high points, the Renewal's unity dynamic weakened at the same time as the ecumenical movement was losing momentum. Dr. Hocken argues that the charismatic movement was always a grace for unity, and that this can be seen from how it began and spread. Its deep orientation to unity finds its foundation in the "end-times" significance of baptism in the Spirit poured out on Christians from so many traditions that reinforces the "one hope" for the coming of the Lord. Many developments of the last twenty years indicate that the time is now ripe for an ecumenism of the Spirit within which the charismatic impulses of the Holy Spirit can purify and deepen the wider movement for Christian unity. Growing reconciliation between Evangelicals and Catholics suddenly seems less utopian as Pope Francis shows the servant face of a humbler Catholic Church.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781630870461
• Artikelnr.: 55267277

Autorenporträt

Peter Hocken was born in Hove, Sussex, was a Catholic Priest and a member of the Mother of God Community in Gaithersburg, Maryland. He authored Streams of Renewal (1986) and One Lord One Spirit One Body (1987), made a major contribution to the Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements and was executive secretary of the Society for Pentecostal Studies.