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Biblical numerology. Biblical numerology is the use of numerology in the Bible to convey a meaning outside of the numerical value of the actual number being used. [ 1] Numerological values in the Bible often relate to a wider usage in the Ancient Near East .
Christianity. Charismatic Christianity is a form of Christianity that emphasizes the work of the Holy Spirit and spiritual gifts as an everyday part of a believer's life. [ 1] It has a global presence in the Christian community. [ 2] Practitioners are often called charismatic Christians or renewalists.
Stained glass symbolic representation of the Holy Spirit as a dove, c. 1660. The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are an enumeration of seven spiritual gifts first found in the book of Isaiah, [ 1] and much commented upon by patristic authors. [ 2] They are: wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord.
t. e. Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a Protestant Charismatic Christian movement [ 1][ 2][ 3] that emphasizes direct personal experience of God through baptism with the Holy Spirit. [ 1] The term Pentecostal is derived from Pentecost, an event that commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and other followers ...
Numerology is a spiritual practice that ascribes meaning to numbers. Each digit — and combinations of digits — have a different significance. Like astrology, numerology has personal and ...
Numerology. Numerology (known before the 20th century as arithmancy) is the belief in an occult, divine or mystical relationship between a number and one or more coinciding events. It is also the study of the numerical value, via an alphanumeric system, of the letters in words and names. When numerology is applied to a person's name, it is a ...
Cessationism versus continuationism involves a Christian theological dispute as to whether spiritual gifts remain available to the church, or whether their operation ceased with the Apostolic Age of the church (or soon thereafter). The cessationist doctrine arose in the Reformed theology: initially in response to claims of Roman Catholic miracles.
The phrase "baptized in the Holy Spirit" occurs two times in Acts of the Apostles, first in Acts 1 :4–5 and second in Acts 11 :16. Other terminology is used in Acts to indicate Spirit baptism, such as "filled" (Acts 2:4). "Baptized in the Spirit" indicates an outward immersion into the reality of the Holy Spirit, while "filled with the Spirit ...