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  2. Second work of grace - Wikipedia

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    According to certain Christian traditions, a second work of grace (also second blessing) is a transforming interaction with God that may occur in the life of an individual Christian. The defining characteristics of the second work of grace are that it is separate from and subsequent to the New Birth (the first work of grace), and that it brings ...

  3. The Catholic Church’s Blessing of Same-Sex Couples, Explained

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    This is a powerful and authoritative arm of the Catholic Church’s theological and disciplinary structure, “responsible for promoting and protecting the doctrine of the Catholic Church ...

  4. Holiness Pentecostalism - Wikipedia

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    Inheriting the Wesleyan-Holiness doctrine, Holiness Pentecostals teach entire sanctification is a definite second work of grace, accomplished in an instantaneous crisis experience, that cleanses the heart of the recipient from all sin; this state of Christian perfection is evidenced by love for God and love for neighbour. [1]

  5. Christian perfection - Wikipedia

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    In the Farewell Discourse Jesus promised to send the Holy Spirit to his disciples after his departure, depiction from the Maesta by Duccio, 1308–1311.. The roots of the doctrine of Christian perfection lie in the writings of some early Roman Catholic theologians considered Church Fathers: Irenaeus, [14] Clement of Alexandria, Origen and later Macarius of Egypt and Gregory of Nyssa.

  6. Pope’s approval of same-sex blessings marks historic shift ...

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    Nevertheless, pressure has been building for the Catholic Church to consider the blessings of same-sex unions and in Germany several priests have already begun holding ceremonies blessing gay couples.

  7. Finished Work Pentecostalism - Wikipedia

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    Finished Work Pentecostalism is a major branch of Pentecostalism that holds that after conversion, the converted Christian progressively grows in grace. [1] [2] On the other hand, the other branch of Pentecostalism—Holiness Pentecostalism teaches the Wesleyan doctrine of entire sanctification as an instantaneous, definite second work of grace, which is a necessary prerequisite to receive the ...

  8. Fiducia supplicans - Wikipedia

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    Before 2021, several dioceses had permitted the blessing of same-sex couples, including Linz in Austria and Basel in Switzerland. [16] [17] On 15 March 2021, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (renamed the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith in 2022) issued a responsum ad dubium ("response to doubt") that responded in the negative to the question of whether the Church has "the ...

  9. Blessing in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    A Catholic priest blesses the Boston Marathon Bombing Memorials on Boylston Street. In the Catholic Church, a blessing is a rite consisting of a ceremony and prayers performed in the name and with the authority of the Church by a duly qualified minister by which persons or things are sanctified as dedicated to divine service or by which certain marks of divine favour are invoked upon them.