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¿What do you think about Catholic charismata?

The gift of tongues, receiving the holy spirit, the healing of the sick. Some groups still practice this, what do you think?

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There exists catholic charismata groups and they are required to have a priest, so it's an official thing in the catholic church. I've been as guest in some groups to experience their way to pray (they thought that'd convert me), I am agnostic. I saw nothing to change my mind but thought it was very interesting, yet I've read some other catholic groups are against it and wanted to know the views on such practices.

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  • 2 decades ago
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    Those special charisms of the Holy Spirit do exist, and many Catholic canonized Saints have exhibited them--and then some! Note that all Catholics have the Holy Spirit within them, and the Holy Spirit is what guides the Church. But not everyone is granted special charisms, for whatever reason.

    The Church teaches that charisms can only be granted by the Holy Spirit whenever He chooses, and for whatever purposes He has. Charismatic groups often obsess about these special charisms, and indeed try to induce them. You can't induce the Holy Spirit to do anything! Special charisms must be *received*--not assumed.

    While the Church has full faith in charism, it always wants to investigate and be certain that these charisms truly are from the Holy Spirit. Charity is the true measure of charisms--that is, does the charism bring about positive things for people and/or the Church? Some people involved in charismatic movements are involved because they just want attention, or they think that charisms make them superior to everyone else. If that is the case, then the Church would judge that those people's charisms are not genuine.

    For this reason, I think that Catholic charismatic groups are generally regarded with apprehension, if not outright disapproval. They definitely aren't part of the Catholic "mainstream."

    Source(s): Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraphs 799-801 http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p123a9p2.htm#799
  • 2 decades ago

    as far as speaking in tongues healing, etc, that belongs to the crazies in the Pentecostal/ Charismatic movement. Just from prior experience, I'd be careful when dealing with Pentecostals. They are not "bad" people are very misguided by truly charismatic pastors.

    as far as "catholic charismata" goes, I'm a grad. student who studies religion and as far as i know, it may exist only in the fringes of Catholicism. Hope this helps!

  • 2 decades ago

    i don't agree with it, I think it's of the devil and that the charismatic movement is turning into the one world religion that signifies the coming of the end of the world

  • 2 decades ago

    It's biblical and has now spread to practically all denomination even though many of those denomination preached against it for so many years.

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