A question about Reincarnation
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My name is Rolf and I’m from Canoas, Brazil. I’m from a Partners in Harvest fellowship: www.comunidadevinde.com.br
My personal ministry is with teaching.
I was searching for articles about inner healing and I found that William De Arteaga, author of Quenching the Spirit (which I have) believes (or believed) in reincarnation (he wrote a book about this in the 80’s). Another article says that Agnes Sanford also believed in something like that.
Could you send me information about this? What do you think about this subject?
God bless you
— Rolf F.
Response
Thank you for writing, Brother F.
I sent along your question to William De Arteaga and he responded:
The quick answer is that I no longer affirm anything I said in Past Life Visions (1983). Someday, like St. Augustine in his old age, I may write an article called “retractions and reconsiderations.” Sealed Orders shows that Agnes Sanford believed in the pre-existent spirit, which is actually biblical, but only now coming into orthodox consciousness. There is nothing in her writings indicating she believed in the doctrine of reincarnation, on the contrary she would often call it a “dreary doctrine.”
The Pneuma Foundation [parent organization for PneumaReview.com] does not believe that reincarnation is a biblical teaching, on the contrary we find the Bible saying that “it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment” (Heb 9:27 NKJV). Many of the editors and writers for the publications of the Pneuma Foundation may disagree with the concept of the pre-existent spirit of man.
Thank you again for writing and bringing up this important question.
In the love of the Father,
Raul Mock
Executive Editor, Pneuma Review
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