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- Publisher
- A C McClurg & Co
- Copyright
- Copyright © 1895 American Psychological Association
- Pages
- 171 –188
- DOI
- 10.1037/13739-010
- Publisher site
- See Chapter on Publisher Site
Abstract
This chapter examines the influence that psychic manifestations exerted upon the early Christians, and speculates with some degree of accuracy upon the effect which phenomena cognate to if not identical with those of modern spiritism had upon the destinies of the Church and the character of its teachings. In this chapter, the following topics are discussed: (1) testimony of the Christian fathers; (2) the departure from Jesus' example; (3) Paul's explanation of spiritistic phenomena and his ecstatic; (4) John's tests; (5) Oriental and Occidental Ecstatics; and (6) the alleged perception of divine truth in the ecstatic condition. The author notes that neither Jesus, Paul, nor John believed in spiritism, but that primitive Christianity was promoted by psychic phenomena. The author also considers the influence of Constantine on primitive Christianity, the priesthood, the prohibition of psychic manifestations among the laity, and the beneficence of the inhibition. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
Published: Jan 9, 2012
Keywords: primitive Christianity; spiritistic phenomena; psychic phenomena; Christians; Ecstatics; divine truth; spiritism; priesthood