Don’t expect answers to questions filled with erroneous suppositions.
BTW, does Rome believe in speaking in tongues?
OrthodoPresbyterianC from the opc.org website doctrine |
Catholic doctrine from the Catechism |
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Grace is first and foremost the gift of the Spirit who justifies and sanctifies us. But grace also includes the gifts that the Spirit grants us to associate us with his work, to enable us to collaborate in the salvation of others and in the growth of the Body of Christ, the Church. There are sacramental graces, gifts proper to the different sacraments. There are furthermore special graces, also called charisms after the Greek term used by St. Paul and meaning "favor," "gratuitous gift," "benefit."53
Whatever their character - sometimes it is extraordinary, such as the gift of miracles or of tongues - charisms are oriented toward sanctifying grace and are intended for the common good of the Church. They are at the service of charity which builds up the Church |
Yes, the OPC doctrines are filled with erroneous doctrins, like The sending of the Holy Spirit is just as much an unrepeatable event as the birth of Christ was?
Why do you believe that?
Do you believe that the Holy Spirit cannot come today and has stopped coming?
I'm not sure what "believe in" means, but we acknowledge it and do not condemn it. BTW "materialism" and "nominalism" are not put downs, they are descriptions of schools of thought.