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Originally Posted by phareztamar
spirit baptism wasn't even present in historical christianity for 1,500 years.
Where did it go? It was poured out on the day of pentecost @2,000 years ago, and I thought it's been around as a gift every since.
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if you read about pentecostal history, you will not see written evidence of speaking in tongues during church history except for the apostolic age and the modern pentecostal movement that began in early 1900 in azuza california. that is not to say that the holy spirit wasn't moving or working in the church or that there wasn't a tradition of "mystical" experiences like the quakers and pietists, but the modern idea of holy ghost baptism with speaking in tongues was not known throughout church history. so the question is can people throughout history demonstrate the fruit of the spirit without being spirit baptized in the modern pentecostal sense?