Information AboutHoly Roller |
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| charismatic and pentecostal christianity | |
| pejorative terms for people | |
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Holy Roller is a term in American English used to describe Pentecostal Christian churchgoers. The term is commonly used derisively, as if to describe people literally rolling on the floor or Speaking In Tongues in a uncontrolled manner. For this usage, the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' cites an 1893 memoir by Charles G. Leland, in which he says "When the Holy Spirit seized them..the Holy Rollers..rolled over and over on the floor." It is generally considered pejorative, but some have reclaimed it as a badge of honor, ''e.g.'' William Branham's statement "And what the world calls today holy-roller, that's the way I worship Jesus Christ." REFERENCES |
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