This movement developed in the 1960s as Pentecostal teachings about the baptism of the Holy Spirit as a second-blessing experience---attested by so-called “speaking in tongues”---spread to the Anglican, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox and other churches around the world.
In recent years the charismatic movement has become one of the most influential and widely known movements within Christendom. It has become a key factor in ecumenical dialogue. In recent years the charismatic movement has emphasized miraculous healing, signs and wonders and a general subjectivism in religious experience.
CCC publicly states its position on this issue in its doctrinal statement. We believe that the miraculous gifts of the apostolic era have fulfilled their purpose (attesting the apostles' message) and have therefore ceased. We believe that all born-again people receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit immediately upon trusting Christ for salvation. We therefore do not subscribe to the teachings of the charismatic movement and do not co-operate with churches of this persuasion.
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