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In Christianity, cessationism is the doctrine that spiritual gifts such as speaking in tongues, prophecy and healing ceased with the apostolic age. This is generally opposed to continuationism, which teaches that the Holy Spirit may bestow the spiritual gifts on persons other than the original twelve apostles at any time. Cessationists believe that when the Old Testament canon closed at Malachi, for the next 400 years until John the baptist, the gifts had ceased. Similarly, when the New Testament canon closed the gifts ceased.

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References

  1. Aleksandar Katanovic, "The End of Charismatic Gifts," published at the website of Free Brethren House Churches of Christ, a group of Cessationist Christians. http://www.house-church.net/doctrines/church-practise/charisma.html
  2. Articles on this view can be found here: Links on articles about Charismatic movement http://www.the-highway.com/charismatic_index.html
  3. Strong cessationists belong to various denominations such as Conservative Baptist and Reformed Churches. Literature expounding strong cessationism are John F. MacArthur, Charismatic Chaos (Zondervan Publishing House, 1992); Robert L. Thomas, Understanding Spiritual Gifts (Kregel Publications, Grand Rapids, 1999); Walter J. Chandry, Signs of the Apostles (The Banner of Truth Trust Edinburgh, 1978).
  4. Masters, Peter; Whitcomb, John (Jun 1988). Charismatic Phenomenon(ISBN ). London: Wakeman. p. 113. ISBN 978-1-870855-01-3. 
  5. Masters, Peter; Wright, Verna (Feb 1988). Healing Epidemic. London: Wakeman. p. 227. ISBN 978-1870855006. 
  6. Examples of Cessationists employing such argumentation is John F. Mac Arthur and Walter J. Chantry. John F. Mac Arthur's second chapter of his Charismatic Chaos is an appeal to the principle of Sola Scriptura and the closeness of the canon of the Bible as an argument for cessationism (Charismatic Chaos, Zondervan Publishing House, 1992). Walter J. Chandry's fourth section of Signs of the Apostles similarly devotes his attention to the cessationist implication of the closeness of the canon of the Bible (Signs of the Apostles, The Banner of Truth Trust Edinburgh, 1978).
  7. It is safe to say that all Cessationists agree with the perspective of the confirmatory gifts such as John F. MacArthur, Charismatic Chaos, pp. 134-141, 244 (Zondervan Publishing House, Michigan, 1992); Robert L. Thomas, Understanding Spiritual Gifts, pp. 31-33 (Kregel Publications, Grand Rapids, 1999); Richard B. Gaffin, "A Cessationist View," in Are Miraculous Gifts for Today - Four Views, p. 42 (Zondervan, Michigan, 1996); Walter J. Chandry, Signs of the Apostles, section 3 (The Banner of Truth Trust Edinburgh, 1978).
  8. Examples of strong cessationists who explicitly appeal to the closure of canon are Robert L. Thomas (Understanding Spiritual Gifts) and Walter J. Chandry (Signs of the Apostles).
  9. Katanovic, Aleksandar. "Moderate cessationism," in: "The End of Charismatic Gifts". http://www.house-church.net/doctrines/church-practise/charisma.html. Retrieved 6 September 2016. 
  10. Strong Cessationism is chiefly defended by Reformed Churches. Christian Reformed Church is generally amillennialist in its eschatology. See for instance "Eschatology" at the site of Christian Reformed Church in North America. http://www.crcna.org/pages/positions_eschatology.cfm
  11. Katanovic, Aleksandar. "Moderate Cessationism," in: "The End of Charismatic Gifts". http://www.house-church.net/doctrines/church-practise/charisma.html. Retrieved 6 September 2016. 
  12. The view is introduced by Aleksandar Katanovic in the article "The End of Charismatic Gifts," published first on the site http://www.house-church.net/, a site owned by Free Brethren House Churches of Christ. Free Brethren House Churches of Christ is a group of Cessationist Christians. http://www.house-church.net/doctrines/church-practise/charisma.html
  13. Aleksandar Katanovic, "Various forms of Cessationism," in: "The End of Charismatic Gifts" http://www.house-church.net/doctrines/church-practise/charisma.html
  14. An example of an empirical cessationist denial, see the seventh statement of the list of Statement of Beliefs of biblestudying.net, a group of empirical cessationist Christians http://biblestudying.net/beliefs.html
  15. "biblestudying.net/topic_charismatic". http://biblestudying.net/topic_charismatic.html. Retrieved 12 December 2017. 
  16. biblestudying.net, Preliminary Proof: When the Gifts Would Cease http://biblestudying.net/proof1.html
  17. biblestudying.net, Preliminary Proof: Conclusions http://biblestudying.net/proof6.html
  18. Foubister, Frost, Greer, Kelsey, Kydd, Ruthven, and Shogren
  19. "Ante Nicene Fathers", vol 1, Irenaeus Against Heresies, bk 2, ch. 32, sec. 4, p. 847.
  20. Contra Celsum, I, ii; III, xxiv; VII, iv, lxvii.
  21. "FathChrysHomXXIX". Piney.com. http://www.piney.com/FathChrysHomXXIX.html. Retrieved 1 February 2014. 
  22. "CHURCH FATHERS: Homily 6 on First John (Augustine)". Newadvent.org. http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/170206.htm. Retrieved 1 February 2014. 
  23. "CHURCH FATHERS: City of God, Book XXII (St. Augustine)". Newadvent.org. http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/120122.htm. Retrieved 1 February 2014. 
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