Manifesting the Spirit

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Manifesting the Spirit

Believers as Sacraments

Christianity Christian sacraments Theology

Author: Mbanyane Mhango

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Language: English

Published by: Resource Publications

Published on: 30th September 2021

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 3 Mb

ISBN: 9781666706307


Fewer subjects have generated intense debate in Christian thought and practice than sacraments.

A reductionist view of the term sacrament often causes this debate and engenders tension between the so-called sacramental and non-sacramental churches largely based on whether one views the Water Baptism and the Lord's Supper as ordinances or as sacraments (means of encountering God).

Drawing from the theological view that Christ is the primordial sacrament of the encounter with God, this book posits that all believers are sacraments of an encounter with God. This claim has ecumenical import.

Conversion, Baptism, the Lord's Supper, the Empowerment, Gifts, and Fruit of the Spirit, Worship, Testimonies of Triumphs or Sufferings, Eschatological Hope, etc., enable believers to manifest the Spirit.

Pentecost inaugurated all believers as both macrocosmic and microcosmic sacrament(s). The notion of sacramentality of believers intersects with the theological triad of Orthodoxy, Orthopraxy, and Orthopathy.

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