Charismatic and Orthodox

Charismatic and Orthodox

The Charismatic and Orthodox stream of the Church emphasizes God’s revelation of the Word by the Spirit. When this is done by highlighting the function of Spirit while maintaining the equal ultimacy of the revelation of the Word via sacrament and Scripture, this builds up the Church as a communion. But when the Spirit is made the only authority or a more ultimate authority than the revelation of the Word through sacrament and Scripture, and is autonomously used therefore to interpret all things according to a Two-Source View of authority, as with “Solo” Scriptura and Qualified Infallibility, this tears down the Church through the dynamic of denominationalism.

Also see Charismatic and Orthodox, Emphasize, Liturgical and Sacramental, Sola Scriptura, “Solo” Scriptura and Qualified Infallibility.