preferred to understand it as being initiatory for all Christians. But was ML-J a charismatic or a Pentecostal? The answer is a negative one because his views were formulated and taught several years before the charismatic movement emerged. He also insisted that ‘the need for prophets [and apostles] ends once we have the Canon of the New Testament. We no longer need direct revelations of truth; the truth is in the Bible.’51 Nor was ML-J a Pentecostal for he rejected the idea of Spirit-baptism as