Pentecostalism Review

•Pentecost (Acts 2:1-7)

•J. Edwards (1700s)

–Downpouring of H.S.

–What is evidence of conversion?

•Holiness (1800s)

–John Wesley and sanctification in early Methodism

–Phoebe Palmer’s altar theology

•Pentecostalism (1900s)

–Bethel Bible School

–Charles Fox Parham, Agnes Ozman

–Azusa Street Revival

–William James Seymour

•Catholic Pentecostalism (1967)

More developments in Catholic Pentecostal Movement

•1970-1975

–renamed Catholic Charismatic Revival (CCR)

•1975-1980

–Apocalyptic concerns

–International spread

–Prayer meetings & covenant communities

•1980s

–Influence from “Third-wave” Protestant Pentecostalism

–Evangelization

–Prayer meetings and larger healing services

•1990s

Gifts of the Spirit

•Holy Spirit gives Grace

–Sanctifying

–Charismatic

•Ordinary gifts (good teacher, good artist)

•Extraordinary gifts or Charisms (miraculous)

–Word of Wisdom

–Word of Knowledge

–Faith

–Healing

–Miracles

–Prophecy

–Discernment of Spirits

–Gift of Tongues (Glossalia)

–Interpretation of tongues

Catholic Debate on CCR

•Is the CCR Movement too much, too emotional, too extreme?

•Where do charisms come from and how do you tell where they are from?

•Are you a better Christian if you get charisms?

•If you get a charism, does it necessarily mean that you have been gifted by the H.S.?

•Is subjective experience of charisms necessarily true?

•Are charisms even Catholic?

•Does the CCR movement Protestantize Catholicism?

•How far should obedience to the Pope go?

•How can the Pope’s endorsements let Catholics know for sure that the CCR movement is Catholic?

Social Responsibility

•Catholic Philanthropy

–Early Forms (1790s-1880s)

•Pew rents, seat money

•Lottery

•Foreign benevolence

•Fairs

•Tuition

•Service

•Charitable Sisterhoods

•Lay Auxilaries

•Holidays

•Charity Sermons

•Subscriptions

•Hospital care

Catholic Philanthropy

•Organizations

•Later Forms (1850s-1950s)

–Community Chests

–Catholic Worker

–Subscriptions

–Academies

•Current Trends (1950s-now)

–Professionals

–Government

–PR Departments

The Church on Social Conditions
Catholic Worker & Liturgical Movement

•Rerum Novarum, Leo XII, 1891

–“On the Condition of Labor”

•Quadragesimo Anno, Pius XI, 1931

–“After 40 Years” (from Rerum Novarum)

•Mater et Magistra, John XXXIII, 1961

–“Christianity and Social Progress”

The Church on Social Conditions
Abortion

•Guadium Et. Spes, Vatican II, 1965

–“The Church and the Modern World”

•Humanae Vitae, Paul VI, 1968

–“On Human Life”

•Declaration on Procured Abortion, Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith, 1974

•On Combatting Abortion and Euthanasia, John Paul II, 1991

The Church on Social Conditions
Peace & War (Berrigan Brothers)

•Pacem in Terris, John XXIII, 1963

–“Peace on Earth”

•Cardinal Francis Spellman

–“This war in Vietnam is, I believe, a war for civilization. Certainly it is not a war of our seeking. It is a war thrust upon us and we cannot yield to tyranny”

–"He is against communism and he has done and is doing something about it." -- Cardinal Francis Spellman, on Senator Joseph McCarthy