of the argument of what follows is precisely that the historic church has always been more “charismatic” than either cautious conservatives or sectarian enthusiasts have been willing to admit. Retrieval, admittedly, is in vogue, but it is worth asking why. My suspicion is that much of it stems from a genuine sense, most acute in charismatic and “low” evangelical churches, that we must have some theological heritage somewhere, and that if the church of Jesus Christ is one body, the other guys cannot