For many, the modern Pentecostal Movement can be a perplexing and mystifying world. In this masterful work, Fr. Alexis Trader provides one patristic answer to the questions that Pentecostalism raises, an answer fully grounded in Holy Scripture, and accessible through the spiritual life of stillness. Fr. Alexis deftly shows how the Church that experienced and was established at Pentecost, the Orthodox Church, can illumine our understanding of the history, experience, and teaching of Pentecostalism, while simultaneously providing a pathway to the gifts of the Spirit where seemingly confusing Biblical passages are placed in a context that brings clarity. Without a doubt, this is the best and fullest work dealing with this topic in the English language. - Patristic interpretation - spiritual gifts - speaking in "tongues" - the aim of the true Gifts of the spirit - unceasing prayer - discerning the spirits - the American Protestant experience - the first American Pentecostals - the "TV Church" - dogma, heresy and the Church - and more..., ISBN13: 9781928653066 ISBN10: 1928653065 Material Type: paperback

Trader, Alexis