Word: pentecostal
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...Catholic establishment in the U.S. has not blanched, but it has not turned red with enthusiasm, even though Pope John XXIII himself called upon the Holy Spirit to "renew your wonders in this, our day, as by a new Pentecost." An inquiry conducted in the U.S. for the National Conference of Catholic Bishops did find, however, that Pentecostal experience often "leads to a better understanding of the role the Christian plays in the Church." The evidence supports that finding. One Los Angeles priest says that he has stayed in the priesthood because of the "tremendous peace" he found...
Following Jesus' command in the Gospel of Mark to spread the "good news" and in Matthew to "make disciples of all nations," Christian missionaries have scattered across the earth since the first Pentecost in Jerusalem. Now, despite the closing of Communist China and Third World resentment of so-called "cultural imperialism," Christian missions in many parts of the world are livelier than ever before...
...water falling from directly above Cambridge had cancelled the Common's second free Sunday rock concert by the time I hit the streets. May 17, 1970: for some, a celebration of Pentecost. A group called Pentecost Action had transferred its celebration from the Common to the First Church of Cambridge, Congregational. I attended with fifty-odd others including Bob Gordon, impresario of those rock concerts and, apparently, like myself, an interested observer
...half decided that the United States military had housecleaning to do in Cambodia; three days previous to that, Religious Heritage of America had named President Nixon Churchman of the Year for "carrying his deep religious commitment into the Presidency;" and Pentecost Action had called this meeting to conduct an excommunication of President Nixon from Christianity. A young Catholic priest and Harvard doctoral candidated, G. Ronald Murphy, presided with assistance from clergy of several other faiths. After a welcome and prayer, scriptural passages were read, the most material being 1 Corinthians 5:9-13, wherein sanction is given for judging those...
...incapable of genuine participation in any Christian assembly or religious service, you are acting improperly in requesting ministers, priests, and rabbis to conduct services for you, and you are not in communion with us. . . In the name of the Lord and of the Christian people. Pentecost...