Reclaiming the doctrine of sanctification

From: Interpretation | Date: October 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

Any contemporary doctrine of sanctification faces certain problems, including the charges of individualism, Pelagianism, and detachment from the concerns of the world. Nevertheless, a strong doctrine of sanctification is the necessary counterpoint to a doctrine of justification. In an increasingly fragmented culture, sanctification needs to be set within an account of the church as a community of moral and spiritual formation.

ATTEMPTS TO ARTICULATE A CONTEMPORARY doctrine of sanctification must surmount at least three obstacles. First, traditional notions of cultivating a pattern of ...

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