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The central question in the ecumenical debate is this: what is the nature of the Church? Lesslie Newbigin sketches the present context of the discussion and touches on the Biblical meaning of the word “Church.” He then presents the Protestant, Catholic, and Pentecostal answers to this question. Ultimately, he argues that the Church is at once eschatological and missionary—and both aspects imply...

word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptised with water; but ye shall be baptised with the Holy Ghost. If then God gave unto them the like gift as he did also unto us, when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God? And when they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then to the Gentiles also hath God granted repentance unto life’ (Acts 11:16–18). Nothing could be more plain or unambiguous. The gift of the Spirit was a
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