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The Sword of the Spirit is an international, ecumenical association of Christian communities within the charismatic movement. [3] As of 2017, the Sword of the Spirit is composed of 82 communities, 45 of which are Catholic. [1] The member communities are composed predominantly of laypersons. [2]
sword; These pieces are described in Ephesians as follows: helmet of salvation, breastplate of righteousness, belt/girdle of truth (loins girt with truth), shoes of peace (feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace), shield of faith and the sword of the spirit/word of God. [2]
An international association of charismatic communities called the Sword of the Spirit was created in 1983. [1]: p.87 Word of God operated as a Sword of the Spirit member community until 1990 when Word of God disaffiliated with Sword of the Spirit following the command of Archbishop Ottenweller. [10] [11]
The book inspired one of these retreatants, Ralph W. Keifer, along with history professor William G. Storey, to lead a retreat on the Holy Spirit for Duquesne students. [4] This retreat, the Duquesne Weekend , in turn spawned the Catholic charismatic renewal, through which Martin was soon baptized in the Holy Spirit .
The Sword of the Spirit Ministries aka Christ Life Church [1] is a Nigerian Evangelical Charismatic Pentecostal [2] Christian denomination and a megachurch.
The Sword of the Spirits is a trilogy of young adult novels by English writer Sam Youd under his pseudonym John Christopher. [1] The stories are set in the South of England, mostly in Hampshire, in a post-apocalyptic future where, due to a worldwide ecological catastrophe, life has reverted to a militaristic, medieval setting of walled cities and perpetual warfare.
The folk tales featuring the sword of light may be bridal quests, and the hero's would-be bride often becomes the hero's helper. [9] [10] [b]But also typically the story is a sort of quasi-bridal quest, [c] [12] where the hero wins a bride by wager, but then suffers a loss, becoming oath-bound (compelled by geis [d]) to never come home until he has completed the quest for the sword (and other ...
References to the sword of Damocles can also be found in cartoonist illustrations, such as in Joseph Keppler's magazine Puck, [22] a satiric periodical started in the late 1800s in the United States, and the sword can be used as a device to call attention to the peril that current events or contentious issues of the time place the world in.