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Pentacostalism is, in fact, a movement rather than a denomination. Its roots lie in what was called the Azusa Street Revival in 1906. This movement had a second manifestation later in the century in what was known as the Charismatic Movement. Charismatic and Pentecostal are sometimes used synonymously, and this is more or less correct–Pentecostalism was more of an urban movement, while the later Charismatic Movement was primarily suburban. The Charismatic Movement, in fact, reached certain portions of the Roman Catholic Church, so that there are some Charismatic Catholics, though these are certainly a minority. Now to back-pedal and explain Charismatic / Pentecostal. Pentecostalism is marked by a phenomenon known throughout church history as glossolalia, or, speaking in tongues. This is when a person begins to make speech sounds, either wilfully or otherwise. These sounds are normally incoherent to the speaker and observers. Pentecostals believe that these sounds are inspired by the Holy Spirit. The incoherence is normally attributed to the speaker speaking in either a dead language or an angelic language. Deliberate speaking in tongues is often viewed is divinely inspired prayer, and is sometimes called a prayer language. In some cases, a person ecstatically (non-deliberately) speaking in tongues will believe that his or her sounds carry a prophetic message from God, and, if the timing is appropriate and with the consent of church officials, will address the congregation in tongues. Biblical precedent and general practice require a coherent interpretation of the tongues in this case. This can be provided by the speaker or another individual. In some cases the interpreter understands the speaker because the speaker is speaking in a language the interpreter knows. Other times, the interpreter will hear the speaker speaking in her own first language. Other times, she will feel that the interpretation is being given to her prophetically by God. Most Pentecostals also believe in and practice modern day prophecy, miraculous healing and miracles, and exorcism (also called spiritual warfare.) Hope this helps a little.

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Name : Alexander, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Pentecostal, Age : 20, City : Denver, State : CO, Country : United States, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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