The Church rightfully condemned these heretical movements, but the Catholic Charismatic Renewal has enjoyed the support and recognition of the hierarchy and faithful theologians for decades. . I had a REALLY bad experience in a Assembly of God church about a year ago. I would allow time to pass and felt I had to start all over again. I love love love your comment! However they are apart of the ministry of Jesus and whoever is His true disciples. I don’t try and convince my old friends of anything, they have made up their minds but I speak what I know to be the truth. All the false prophetic words I have heard through the years and was still hearing. Why I left the charismatic movement. It is an  out of balance, unbiblical view of being a disciple of Christ. They believed you could lose your salvation too. The Vatican has hosted several international gatherings of the Renewal and will host the fiftieth anniversary celebration this summer. I count it as a great disadvantage to the Church in the USA that Fr. Also there are no “A”postles and “P”prophets in the church today. Jeremiah 29:13 (KJV) If you try to have an objective biblical conversation about something that may not be ok, people tend to either make light of what you said or just blankly acknowledge that you said something and happily carry on. A sensible reply amongst all the other stuff. I realize that being around that makes people mentally and emotionally unstable. Paul mentions the idea of bearing false witness of God, claiming He did something He didn’t, in a context that indicates that it is a bad thing to do in I Corinthians 14. In this first section, I want to give you the observations of Charismatic who were burned by the Word of Faith Movement and other Charismatic manifestations. It  looked and felt like a big show. I’ve also lived abroad a lot and my not have my thumb on the pulse of what is going on. So we should not expect New Testament saints to have inferior or defective gifts. main reasons why I left or why I am not in the Tongues Movement today, but also expand on each one, at least to some extent, as space will allow. View all posts by puresola. However, if we truly want to find God then we need to seek Him individually and with all of our hearts. You will certainly encounter some strange people at a Charismatic gathering, but many of them were strange before their involvement in the Renewal. Like you said there is definitely a conditioning that takes place and I think that we’ll meaning people even play a part in it. In 1967, the faculty and students of the Catholic Duquesne and Notre Dame Universities prayed for the gifts of the Spirit. (The Lord saved me “in spite of” not “because of” the movement) Because I was SO thankful to God for saving me I truly wanted to give my all in service to the church. He feeds the hungry. While Traditionalist Catholics have typically sought refuge in the traditional doctrines and liturgical practices of the Church's pre-Vatican II history, other Catholics have looked to the Charismatic Renewal as a means of restoring devotion, prayer and enthusiasm to parishes. I was hearing 20 years ago how special MY generation was. I was converted when I got to know them better and saw the good they do. I was 21 years old when I truly came to know Christ and now I am 40 and let me tell you this stuff gets old. I have a few stories very similar to that one. So true. The fruits of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal also speak to its lasting value. I think he needs therapy. The Catholic charismatic movement seemed to enjoy its high period in the 1980s. My experience with the ‘signs and wonders’ or ‘prophetic movement’ is that the churches and conference I have attended can be rather light on the Bible. Among mainline Protestants, the movement began around 1960. Once in Chattanooga TN during winter ramp at the Convention center packed w THOUSANDS of ppl, He told the young ushers to block the doors and not allow anyone to leave because “they were not going to disrespect the preaching of the word of God” behavior like that is a common occurrence w/him. I’m certainly in agreement regarding finding our satisfaction in Jesus. The straw that broke the camel’s back was when a super  Christian guy I was dating and who had become deeply imbedded in this movement broke up with me because God told him too. My daughter was raised in it as well. I could not believe this woman would manipulate teenagers out of what little money they had with zero shame. The pentecostal type church isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. I loved church fellowship and dressing up for church. The Catholic Charismatic Movement appears to be an ever growing phenomenon and I find that there are few theologians willing to tackle it. My heart goes out to you. 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