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Originally Posted by TRFrance
Out of hodgepodge of doctrinal beliefs in the early 1900's came the PAW, PAJC, and PCI, as well as other groups. So I'm not sure its a good idea to trace your belief system back to that period of time when the doctrinal lines were yet not as clearly defined as they now are.
I notice that so many PCI folk like to appeal to early 20th century "history" for concerning what the Apostolic Faith movement believed. Keep in mind that even some who used the term Apostolic Faith weren't even oneness.
William Seymour (Trinitarian) published a newspaper called Apostolic Faith, ...and Charles Parham (Trinitarian) is said to have led " the midwestern Apostolic Faith movement, the original name of the Pentecostal movement" according to the Assemblies of God. The true Apostolic Faith movement began with the 1st century Jerusalem church. I think its better to use them for reference, rather than the early 20th century believers. |
That's an excellent point.
Just remember that point however, the next time someone bemoans the loss of the "Apostolic distinctives" or the loss of their "heritage." The "heritage" they feel they've lost is really an innovation. We should be clear about that. We should also be up front about what the 20th century "Apostolic Faith" people taught, as you've clearly done.
"We" used to be Trinitarians until some of the Trinitarians started to insist upon triple immersion. Something about that caused us to question why and we were confronted with stark
tritheism in our midst. The answer for that was popularized at the Arroyo Seco camp ground with Jesus name baptism and eventually the Mighty God in Christ doctrine of Oneness.
But "we" were Trinitarians. Trinitarians were our brothers. We suffered together, we prayed together, we recieved the baptism of the Holy Ghost together. That really did happen.
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