Pentecostals and Roman Catholics on Becoming a Christian

Spirit-Baptism, Faith, Conversion, Experience, and Discipleship in Ecumenical Perspective
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-90-04-35516-3
Verlag: Brill Academic Publishers

Buch, Englisch, Band 28, 342 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 553 g

Reihe: Global Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies

In Pentecostals and Roman Catholics on Becoming a Christian, Dr. Karen Murphy explores the fifth round of the International Roman Catholic-Pentecostal Dialogue (1998-2006). Discussing Spirit-baptism, faith, conversion, experience, and discipleship, Dr. Murphy notes areas in which the Dialogue has evolved since its inception in 1972. She unpacks the commonalities that bond Catholics and Pentecostals and examines theological divergences and challenges to dialogue. While Catholics approach becoming a Christian from a sacramental perspective, most Pentecostals think of Christian initiation in non-sacramental, or conversionist, terms, a reality that fosters ongoing tensions between the two traditions. Dr. Murphy reveals how Catholics and Pentecostals seek to overcome this dichotomy by honoring spirituality and experience as integral to the ecumenical encounter.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Murphy, Karen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Katholizismus, Römisch-Katholische Kirche
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen Pfingstkirchen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

1 Introduction

Importance of the International Roman Catholic-Pentecostal Dialogue

Outline of Chapters

2 Roman Catholic and Pentecostal Rapprochement

Introduction

The Development of Roman Catholic Ecumenism

Current Ecumenical Trends in Roman Catholicism

The Development of Pentecostal Ecumenism

Theological and Historical Challenges to Pentecostal Ecumenism

Current Ecumenical Trends in Pentecostalism

Catholics and Pentecostals in Dialogue

Foundation of Dialogue

Nature of Dialogue

Purpose of the International Roman Catholic-Pentecostal Dialogue

Current Challenges to Dialogue

Introduction to the International Roman Catholic-Pentecostal Dialogue

The First Four Phases (1972–1997)

The Fifth Phase (1998–2006)

3 Baptism in the Holy Spirit and Christian Initiation

Introduction to the 1998 Session (Bolton, Ontario)

Introduction to the Final Report

Outpouring, Presence, and Charisms

Two Moments of Spirit Reception

Biblical Perspectives

Spirit Baptism is a Gift from God

Spirit Baptism is Personal and Trinitarian Revelation

Spirit Baptism is Pneumatological Empowerment and Christological Presence

Spirit Baptism is Transformational

Patristic Perspectives

Patristic Support for the Rediscovery of the Charisms in Initiation

The Normative and Sacramental Nature of Spirit Baptism?

Contemporary Reflections

Catholic Perspectives

Pentecostal Perspectives

Summary and Valuation

4 Faith and Christian Initiation

Introduction to the 1999 Session (Venice, Italy)

Introduction to the Final Report

The Nature of Faith

New Testament and Patristic Perspectives

The Salvific Nature of Faith

The Ordo Salutis of Christian Initiation

Formation in Faith

The Communal Nature of Faith

Faith and Baptism

Summary and Valuation

5 Conversion and Christian Initiation

Introduction to the 2000 Session (Vienna, Austria)

Introduction to the Final Report

Conversion as Christological Event

Conversion as Process, Event, or Series of Events

Conversion and Roman Catholicism

The Nature of Conversion

The Sacramental and Communal Context of Conversion

The Evangelistic Quality of Conversion

The Importance of Baptism

Conversion and Pentecostalism

The Nature of Conversion

Conversion as Event or Process

Pentecostal Conversion and Water Baptism

Biblical Perspectives

Catholic Analysis

Pentecostal Analysis

Reflections on Biblical Perspectives

Patristic Perspectives

Conversion as Transformation

The Patristic Challenge: The Authority of the Church Fathers

Contemporary Reflections

Summary and Valuation

6 Experience in Christian Life

Introduction to the 2001 Session (Celje, Slovenia)

Introduction to the Final Report

Renewed Catholic Openness to Experience Leading up to Vaticanii

Pentecostals and Experience

Experience in the Roman Catholic-Pentecostal Dialogue

Biblical Perspectives

The Personal Nature of Experience

Experience as Transformative

The Communal Quality of Experience

Discernment in Experience

Patristic Perspectives

Convergences

Divergences

Contemporary Perspectives

Summary and Valuation

7 Christian Formation and Discipleship

Introduction to the 2002 Session (Sierra Madre, CA, USA)

Introduction to the Final Report

Convergences

Divergences

Biblical Perspectives

Discipleship as “Following” Jesus

Discipleship as “Abiding” with Jesus

The Role of the Holy Spirit in Discipleship and Christian Formation

The Communal Nature of Christian Formation

Patristic Perspectives

Diverse Ways of Following Christ

The Holy Spirit and Discipleship

Christian Formation in Catechesis and the Catechumenate

Contemporary Reflections

Summary and Valuation of the Session

8 Summary and Assessment

Summary

Assessment

Looking Forward

Conclusion

Bibliography

Primary Sources: Dialogue Documents

Final Reports

Dialogue Information

Agreed Accounts

Hard Questions

Position Papers, Cited and Consulted

Secondary Sources

Documents

Lectures and Conferences

Books and Articles

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Karen R.J. Murphy, Ph.D. (2013), Fuller Theological Seminary, is Affiliate Assistant Professor of Historical Theology at Fuller Seminary and Adjunct Professor of Christian Studies at George Fox University.