Among the theories of the atonement in the church’s history is the Pentecostal-holiness view of healing in the atonement. The North American Pentecostal Holiness Church emerged historically from both the Holiness movement and Methodism, yet there was a very strong connection with Evangelicalism, especially with A. J. Gordon and A. B. Simpson. In the 1920s, the doctrine of divine healing that brought wholeness to believers’ bodies caused a church schism. Some adherents believed that divine healing was to be without any assistance from medical science or “remedies” as they termed it. Also, there were episodes of civil disobedience associated with divine healing when some parents were arrested for “criminal neglect” by failing to allow medical care for their minor children. Anointing with oil and prayer for the sick is considered to be a kind of sacrament among Pentecostals. It is hoped that a more inclusive reading of the traditions of church history will include the Pentecostal-holiness view of divine healing in the atonement.

• William T. Purinton(Seoul Theological University)