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from Conciliar Post
Cessationism is the view most compatible with Anglo-Catholicism. While not dismissing the miraculous out of hand, the Anglo-Catholic view encourages us to look to the Sacraments as the primary mode by which the Spirit dwells in the Church. This view best explains the biblical data: tongues captured actual human languages that were then used to spread the Gospel across ethnic boundaries. The subsequent tradition of the Church bears out this fact in their eventual cessation. With the Gospel’s far reach and the establishment of the Scriptural canon, tongues fell out of use because they were no longer required. Many charismatics complain that the Holy Spirit has been shut out from the Church. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Spirit is alive and well in his Church: his presence is evident at the preaching of the Word and the administration of the Sacraments.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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