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Baptism in the Holy Spirit
Grobnicu, Mihai Iulian
Grobnicu, Mihai Iulian
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"At the beginning of the eleventh century, a great spiritual personality, Saint Symeon the New Theologian, struggled to teach his audience about the importance of being aware of the presence of God in their hearts, minds, and lives. His charismatic figure and mystical approach towards theology raised questions started a conflict and ended with an exile. Although there were multiple reasons why that happened, all can be summarized in a single line: the clash between a living, experiential model of theology and a rationalistic, institutional, intellectual one. This polemic is of great importance, for our time as well, giving the important topic it brings ahead: the hard work of speaking and living theology simultaneously. This paper is looking to analyze the teaching of this great mystic and the Pentecostal theology in regards to the experience of the Holy Spirit, especially on the subject concerning Spirit Baptism and it´s relation to the sacramental life encountered in the Church. I made this choice not because it is a trend, nowadays, to find commonalities to sustain the ecumenical dialogue, but mainly because of the theology of Saint Symeon the New Theologian, the greatest mystical personality within the Orthodox Church started to be often quoted by theologians within the Pentecostal movement as a proto-charismatic figure.1 This interest is due to the charismatic personality of Saint Symeon and his emphasis on the personal, conscious and sensible experience of the Holy Spirit in the spiritual life of every Christian."
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2016
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