Knowra Sanctification Sanctification Sanctification is the process or state of being made holy in Christian life. Christian traditions differ on how it relates to justification, human effort, and spiritual growth.
Justification : In Christian theology, justification is God's act of declaring or making a person righteous. Its relation to sanctification distinguishes accounts of salvation, especially over whether holiness follows or accompanies right standing with God.
Progressive sanctification : Progressive sanctification is gradual growth in holiness across a Christian life. It captures the ongoing, developmental sense of sanctification.
Holiness in the Bible : Holiness in the Bible is the quality of being set apart for God and associated with moral purity. Sanctification draws on biblical language for belonging to God and living accordingly.
Spiritual formation : Spiritual formation is the development of a person's beliefs, character, and practices in relation to spiritual life. It describes practices and communities through which Christians pursue growth in holiness.
Grace : In Christian theology, grace is God's freely given favor and aid. Sanctification is commonly understood as divine work enabled by grace, not merely self-improvement.
Entire sanctification : Entire sanctification is a Wesleyan doctrine of a decisive work of grace that perfects love in this life. It contrasts gradual growth with a distinct experience of deeper holiness.
Paul the Apostle : Paul the Apostle was an early Christian missionary and author of letters included in the New Testament. Paul's letters connect sanctification with life in Christ, the Spirit, and communal ethics.
Christian ethics : Christian ethics is the study and practice of moral life shaped by Christian beliefs and scriptures. Sanctification links moral conduct to God's transforming work rather than treating ethics as separate.
Regeneration : In Christian theology, regeneration is the spiritual renewal associated with new life in Christ. Some traditions treat this renewal as the beginning of the transformed life that sanctification develops.
Christian perfection : Christian perfection is the theological idea that believers can attain complete love of God and neighbor. The phrase names the debated goal associated with some accounts of sanctification.
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