Charismatic Gifts in the Early Church

Download or read book Charismatic Gifts in the Early Church written by Ronald A. N. Kydd and published by Hendrickson Publishers. This book was released on 2015-02-27 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emergence and widespread acceptance of the validity of the charismatic experience has generated many questions. One of the foremost is, “What happened to the gifts of the Spirit after the New Testament period?” Dr. Ronald Kydd’s careful probe seeks to answer that question. After a thorough and careful study of the writings of the early church fathers, Dr. Kydd provides an objective, informative analysis and reaches thought-provoking conclusions. “What emerges from a study of the sources is a picture of a Church which is strongly charismatic until around A.D. 200.” Quality scholarship communicated in a striking personal style makes this book enjoyable and challenging for the layperson, minister, student, and scholar.