In slang terminology a holy roller is a charismatic a pentecostal or some other church attender who worships in an ecstatic frenetic or out of control manner the idea behind the epithet is that believers of certain denominations engage in bizarre behaviors during their worship services including falling down on the floor and rolling around in.
Charismatic people rolling on the floor.
Generally refer to one who attends a charismatic church service.
They also foretell events receive powerful visions and contact the dead.
Slain in the spirit or slaying in the spirit are terms used by pentecostal and charismatic christians to describe a form of prostration in which an individual falls to the floor while experiencing religious ecstasy believers attribute this behavior to the power of the holy spirit other terms used to describe the experience include falling under the power overcome by the spirit and resting in.
At a catholic charismatic session people laugh hysterically bark like dogs oink like pigs and roll on the floor photo by john vennari in many protestant sects like the quakers shakers tremblers and pentecostals they claim to receive the spirit and one manifestation of such a privilege is to start to shake and tremble like.
Therefore consequently dropping on the floor and rolling in the spirit hence where the term was coined holy roller.
Possessed people too speak in strange tongues spin faint jerk bark writhe on the floor and cackle.
This charismatic revival took the form of gibberish speakings uncontrollable laughter falling on the floor rolling on the floor barking like a dog roaring like a lion braying like a donkey electric shocks shakings jerkings and other bizarre experiences with no biblical support.
This person tends to be a very devout christian and during church service maybe become influenced heavily by the holy spirit.