Published: 2023-12-29

The original Pentecostal experience and its aspects by Acts 2:1–4:38 in the context of religious experience

dr Dominik Tomczyk
Scriptura Sacra
Section: Articles
DOI https://doi.org/10.25167/ScrS/5091

Abstract

The roots of modern Pentecostalism are to be found in the texts of the New Testament, especially in the Acts of the Apostles. They describe how the Holy Spirit worked in the early church and how it was experienced by the first Christians.

The author analyzes the issue of the original Pentecostal experience in light of Acts 2:1-4.38. He discusses the essence of religious experience as the “experience of the Spirit”. The Pentecostal experience is both an individual and a communal one. It is not a finite, one-time experience but a repeatable one. Moreover, the essence of the Pentecostal experience of God is its missionary aspect. The “experience of the Holy Spirit” opens a new type of relationship between man and God, but also between man and another man.

 

 

 

Keywords:

Pentecostalism, Pentecostal experience, Holy Spirit, Acts of the Apostles, Pentecost, “baptism with the Holy Spirit”, “all together”, πίμπλημι, pimplēmi

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Tomczyk, D. (2023). The original Pentecostal experience and its aspects by Acts 2:1–4:38 in the context of religious experience. Scriptura Sacra, 27, 219–244. https://doi.org/10.25167/ScrS/5091

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