born a Catholic most likely I would have been a Catholic today‛.13 Another example: The law in 1951 regarding religious freedom in Sweden directly caused the creation of a separate organization for that need, the Marriage Council.14 Likewise the new regulations concerning grants from the Government, the city and municipal councils, led to another organization for the youth work among the Pentecostal Churches.15 Thus not only theological but also political, sociological and economical factors must be taken into consideration.
2.3 Time and space I have already mentioned that I must restrict my study to Sweden. As to the time I have not thought it possible to consider any other limitation than that constituting the age of the Swedish Pentecostal Movement itself. Without this stipulation it seems difficult to get any real understanding of the organization, the boards, and the decision procedures within the movement today. Such remarks make it very obvious that my research here is of a preliminary character.
_________________ 13 Dagen 22.8.72, Helge Brattgård, ‛Vad händer efter G72?‛. 14 SOU 1964:16, p. 10 f. 15 Regulations, ’Pingstförsamlingarnas Ungdomsarbete’, 15.5.71.
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