Charismatic movement

==Beliefs==
Charismatic Christians believe in an experience of [[baptism with the Holy Spirit]] and spiritual gifts (Greek {{transl|grc|charismata}} {{lang|grc|χαρίσματα}}, from {{transl|grc|charis}} {{lang|grc|χάρις}}, [[Grace in Christianity|grace]]) of the [[Holy Spirit (Christianity)|Holy Spirit]] as described in the [[New Testament]] are available to contemporary Christians through the infilling or baptism of the Holy Spirit, with or without the [[laying on of hands]].<ref name="Elwell2001">{{Cite book |last=Elwell |first=Walter A. |title=Evangelical Dictionary of Theology |date=2001 |publisher=Baker Academic |isbn=978-0-8010-2075-9 |page=220 |quote=The charismatic movement has affected almost every historic church and has spread to many churches and countries beyond the United States. ... Particular emphases are reflected variously in the charismatic movement. ''Baptism with the Holy Spirit''. There is common recognition of baptism with the Holy Spirit as a distinctive Christian experience. It is viewed as an event wherein the believer is "filled with" the presence and power of the Holy Spirit. Baptism with the Holy Spirit is understood to result from "the gift of the Holy Spirit," wherein the Spirit is freely "poured out," "falls upon," "comes on," "anoints," "endues" the believer with "power from on high." ... Baptism with the Holy Spirit, accordingly, is not identified with conversion. It is viewed as an experience of being filled with the Holy Spirit that brings about powerful witness to Jesus Christ. Through this Spirit baptism the exalted Christ carries forward his ministry in the church and world.}}</ref>{{Sfn | Menzies | Menzies | 2000 | p = 39}} 

The charismatic movement holds that Baptism in the Holy Spirit is the "sovereign action of God, which usually occurs when someone with a disposition of surrender and docility, prays for a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit in his or her life."<ref name="Elwell2001" /><ref name="Cordeiro2017">{{Cite web |last=Cordeiro |first=Brenton |date=May 29, 2017 |title=Baptism in the Holy Spirit: Why Every Catholic Should Consider Receiving It |url=https://catholic-link.org/baptism-in-holy-spirit/ |access-date=May 26, 2021 |publisher=Catholic Link |archive-date=May 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526034030/https://catholic-link.org/baptism-in-holy-spirit/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Additionally, "baptism in the Holy Spirit unleashes the Holy Spirit that is already present within us, by revitalizing the graces we received in the sacrament of Baptism."<ref name="Cordeiro2017" /> Baptism with the Holy Spirit "equips and inspires the individual for service, for mission, for discipleship and for life."<ref name="Elwell2001" /><ref name="CCR2021">{{Cite web |title=Baptism in the Holy Spirit |url=http://www.ccr.org.uk/about-ccr/about/baptism-in-the-holy-spirit/ |access-date=May 26, 2021 |publisher=[[Catholic Charismatic Renewal]] |archive-date=May 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526035145/http://www.ccr.org.uk/about-ccr/about/baptism-in-the-holy-spirit/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Rev. Brenton Cordeiro teaches that those who have received Baptism with the Holy Spirit "testify that the experience brought them to a new awareness of the reality and presence of Jesus Christ in their lives [as well as] a new hunger for the Word of God, the Sacraments and were filled with a renewed desire for holiness."<ref name="Cordeiro2017" /> 

Although the Bible lists many [[spiritual gift|gifts from God through his Holy Spirit]], there are nine specific gifts listed in 1 Corinthians 12:8–10 that are supernatural in nature and are the focus of and distinguishing feature of the charismatic movement: word of wisdom, word of knowledge, faith, gifts of healing, miraculous powers, prophecy, distinguishing between spirits, speaking in different tongues (languages), and interpretation of tongues.

While Pentecostals and charismatics share these beliefs, there are differences. Many in the charismatic movement deliberately distanced themselves from Pentecostalism for cultural and theological reasons. Foremost among theological reasons is the tendency of many Pentecostals to insist that speaking in tongues is always the initial physical sign of receiving Spirit baptism. Although specific teachings will vary by denomination, charismatics generally believe that the Holy Spirit has already been present in a person from the time of [[regeneration (theology)|regeneration]] and prefer to call subsequent encounters with the Holy Spirit by other names, such as "being filled".{{Sfn | Menzies | Menzies | 2000 | p = 39}}<ref name="CCR2021" /> In contrast to Pentecostals, charismatics tend to accept a range of supernatural experiences (such as prophecy, miracles, healing, or "physical manifestations of an [[altered state of consciousness]]") as evidence of having been baptized or filled with the Holy Spirit.<ref name="GodlyLove64">{{Citation |last1=Poloma |first1=Margaret M |title=The Assemblies of God: Godly Love and the Revitalization of American Pentecostalism |page=64 |year=2010 |place=New York |publisher=New York University Press |isbn=978-0-8147-6783-2 |last2=Green |first2=John C}}.</ref>

Pentecostals are also distinguished from the charismatic movement on the basis of style.<ref>{{Citation |last1=Saunders |first1=Theodore 'Teddy' |title=David Watson, a Biography |page=71 |year=1992 |place=Sevenoaks |publisher=Hodder |last2=Sansom |first2=Hugh}}.</ref> Also, Pentecostals have traditionally placed a high value on [[evangelization]] and [[missionary work]]. Charismatics, on the other hand, have tended to see their movement as a force for revitalization and renewal within their own church traditions.{{Sfn | Menzies | Menzies | 2000 | p = 40}}

[[Cessationism versus continuationism|Cessationists]] argue these sign and revelatory gifts were manifested in the New Testament for a specific purpose, upon which once accomplished these signs were withdrawn and no longer function.<ref name="phen">{{Cite book |last1=Masters |first1=Peter |url=https://archive.org/details/charismaticpheno0000mast/page/39 |title=Charismatic Phenomenon |last2=Whitcomb |first2=John |date=Jun 1988 |publisher=Wakeman |isbn=9781870855013 |location=London |page=[https://archive.org/details/charismaticpheno0000mast/page/39 39]}}</ref> Cessationists evidence this claim with an appeal for the rapid decline in reports of such gifts from the time of the Church Fathers onwards.<ref name="warfield2">{{cite book |last1=Warfield |first1=B B |title=Counterfeit miracles |year=1972 |publisher=Banner of Truth Trust |isbn=085151166X |page=[https://archive.org/details/counterfeitmirac00warf/page/n38 23] |url=https://archive.org/details/counterfeitmirac00warf |quote="The connection of the supernatural gifts with the Apostles is so obvious that one wonders that so many students have missed it, and have sought an account of them in some other quarter. The true account has always been recognized, however, by some of the more careful students of the subject It has been clearly set forth, for example, by Bishop Kaye. 'I may be allowed to state the conclusion,' he writes, 'to which I have myself been led by a comparison of the statements in the Book of Acts with the writings of the Fathers of the second century. My conclusion then is, that the power of working miracles was not extended beyond the disciples upon whom the Apostles conferred it by the imposition of their hands.' |access-date=10 December 2019}}</ref> Non-cessationists argue that testimonial claims of God doing signs, wonders and miracles can especially be found in the first three centuries of the church.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kydd|first=Ronald|title=Charismatic Gifts in the Early Church. An Exploration into the Gifts of the Spirit during the first Three Centuries of the Christian Church.|publisher=Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers|year=1984}}</ref> Sacramental charismatics also point out that the means of distribution of charismatic gifts in the early church, was not limited to the laying on of hands of the canonical apostles, but was tethered to the receptivity of prayer connected to the sacrament of baptism.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=McDonnell (o.s.b.)|first1=Kilian|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JNfrm3h-_JgC|title=Christian Initiation and Baptism in the Holy Spirit: Evidence from the First Eight Centuries|last2=Montague|first2=George T.|date=1991|publisher=Liturgical Press|isbn=978-0-8146-5009-7|language=en}}</ref> The Charismatic movement is based on a belief that these gifts are still available today.