As we look at the church today, we cannot help but see the fruits of the church in multiple institutional expressions of the church. Glory unto the Trinity, glory unto the name of Jesus Christ, spiritual fruit and virtue wrought by the Holy Spirit, the pushing back of demonic powers, and the saving knowledge of the true God—all this occurs in more than one institution. We see saints in the medieval East and saints in the medieval West. We have exorcisms in Roman Catholic contexts and exorcisms in Pentecostal contexts. We find testimonies of spiritual transformation in the name of Christ in
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