Capacocha as sacrifice of high solemnity
Capacocha involves human offerings on exceptional and highly solemn occasions.
What it is: Capacocha is a form of Andean human sacrifice of the highest ritual and state value.
How the tradition understands it: The rite is linked to crisis, enthronization, royal death, imperial integration, and relation with mountains and deities.
Textual basis and context: Chronicles and archaeological findings at high altitude confirm its occurrence.
Objections and debates: One should avoid treating capacocha as everyday practice; it has exceptional and solemn character.
Supportive
Hillsong and contemporary worship
Hillsong shaped contemporary worship globally.
Reference: Hillsong Church and contemporary worship.
Content: Hillsong Church, founded in Sydney in 1983, shaped contemporary Christian worship music and global evangelical culture; generated scandals in 2020s that affected reputation.
Use in debate: Source to discuss megachurches, contemporary worship, and evangelical culture.
Toronto Blessing and Pensacola revival
Toronto Blessing and Pensacola marked charismatic revival.
Reference: Toronto Blessing and Brownsville Revival.
Content: Toronto Blessing (1994) and Brownsville Revival in Pensacola (1995) were charismatic revivals marked by phenomena such as laughter, falling, and healings; spread to many countries.
Use in debate: Source to discuss contemporary Christianity, charismatic phenomena, and renewal.
Word of Faith movement
Word of Faith is Pentecostal theological current.
Reference: Word of Faith movement and its representatives.
Content: Theological current based on confession, authority of believer, and prosperity; is associated with E. W. Kenyon, Kenneth Hagin, Kenneth Copeland, and others; is criticized for its premises.
Use in debate: Source to discuss contemporary Christianity, theology, and ethics.
Contrary
Three-Self Patriotic Movement
Three-Self articulates official Protestantism in China.
Reference: Three-Self Patriotic Movement and its history.
Content: Protestant movement created in 1951 in China; articulates self-governance, self-support, and self-propagation; is official channel for Protestantism in country; coexists with underground churches.
Use in debate: Source to discuss Chinese Christianity, religious policy, and ecumenism.