Recepcja aksjomatu extra ecclesiam nulla salus w ruchu neopentekostalnym

Abstrakt

The text was created as part of a monograph on the issue of exclusivity in religions. The author describes the views on soteriology and ecclesiology in Polish neopentecostal communities and presents an outline of the genesis, development and nature of neopentecostalism. He describes the phenomenon of conversion in neopentacostalism and the type of spirituality based on subjective religious experience. At the base of the neopentecostal way of thinking lies intense experience of God’s presence transforming human. From it is born the desire to experience communication with God. Axiom: extra ecclesiam nulla salus in the neopentecostal movement is understood as an experience of God’s presence throughout the whole community which rooted in „newborn” leads to a spousal relationship with Jesus Christ.