2000 Years Of Charismatic Christianity: A 21st century look at church history from a pentecostal/charismatic prospective
The world is taking notice and realizing that the fastest-growing segment in Christianity has an undeniable history with a pattern and a rich, deep foundation dating back to the New Testament. Explore overwhelming evidence that reveals how the gifts of the Holy Spirit not only have existed in the centuries since the early apostles, but have also survived the Middle Ages, the politicized church of Europe, and have experienced a spectacular revival this century. Learn invaluable lessons from the experiences of courageous men and women who sought God and saw His power in their generation. The reader of this volume will gain a greater appreciation for the work of the Holy Spirit in history and will experience a sharpened sense to discern what God is doing in the church today.
2000 Years of Charismatic Christianity offers convincing evidence that the modern Pentecostal and Charismatic movements are rooted in the two-thousand-year history of the church. Those who identify with these movements will be affirmed in the experience of the Holy Spirit and will gain a new respect and appreciation for the movement of which they are a part. Those outside the Pentecostal and Charismatic movements will also benefit by reading this volume in that they will gain an understanding of this movement that Harvard professor Dr. Harvey Cox says is "reshaping religion in the 21st century."
Top Highlights
“As a teenager, Benedict of Nursia (ca. A.D. 480–547) was sent by his parents to Rome to obtain a good education. About A.D. 500, shocked by the vice of that city, he retired to a cave in the mountains east of Rome where he lived as a hermit.” (source)
“They emulated Jesus’ disciples who were to go on preaching missions without carrying extra money or clothing, thus putting themselves in a position of dependence on God and at the mercy of the people (Luke 10:1–12). In addition, they could not help but see Jesus’ instructions and promises regarding miracles. This facilitated the manifestation of biblical miracles in their own lives and ministries.” (source)
“Many monks gained notoriety for their power in prayer and their ability to produce healing, deliverance from demonic oppression and other miraculous phenomena. Church fathers, such as Athanasius, Augustine and Jerome, who speak of miracles, either practiced the monastic lifestyle themselves or were closely associated with those who did.” (source)
“Although they found no fault with the content of the prophecies, they accused them of delivering them in a frenzied state of ecstasy.12 Declaring this to be proof of the demonic origin of the messages, the critics accused Montanus and his followers of being demon possessed.” (source)
“Mennonite scholar John H. Yoder has said that Pentecostalism ‘is in our century the closest parallel to what Anabaptism was in the sixteenth.’23Anabaptism was certainly a Charismatic movement.” (source)
Product Details
- Title : 2000 Years Of Charismatic Christianity: A 21st century look at church history from a pentecostal/charismatic prospective
- Author: Hyatt, Eddie L
- Publisher: Charisma House
- Publication Date: 2015
- ISBN: 9781599798073
Eddie Hyatt is the cofounder and president of Hyatt International Ministries, which includes Hyatt Press, The International Christian Women's History Project and The American Center for Revival & Reformation. Eddie holds a doctorate of ministry from Regent University and a master of divinity and master of arts from Oral Roberts University. Eddie and his wife, Dr. Susan Hyatt, reside in Dallas/Fort Worth where they carry out their ministry of preaching, teaching and writing.