The Baptism With the Holy Spirit
Rev. Angus Stewart critiques the Pentecostal and Charismatic doctrine of baptism with the Holy Spirit as a second blessing subsequent to conversion, contrasting it with biblical and Reformed teaching. The article traces the historical development of the "second blessing" concept through various movements and identifies three main problematic aspects of charismatic pneumatology: subsequence to conversion, tongue-speaking as initial evidence, and specific conditions for receiving this baptism.
Rev. Angus Stewart Introduction Having summarized the history of “The Three Waves of Charismatic Christianity” or renewalism from the early nineteenth century onwards (Pentecostalism, Charismaticism and Neo-Charismaticism), as well as “The Precursors of Modern Charismatic Christianity” in earlier church history (including the Holiness Movement, John Wesley, Edward Irving and the Catholic Apostolic Church, the French prophets, elements in Anabaptism and Roman Catholicism, and Montanism), in...