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  2. Christian perfection - Wikipedia

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    According to Bebbington, this eliminated the distinctiveness of Wesleyan entire sanctification, and by the 1860s, the idea that Christian perfection was a decisive second blessing or stage in Christian sanctification had fallen out of favor among some Methodists, though not all Methodists, as academic institutions affiliated with mainline ...

  3. Sanctification in Christianity - Wikipedia

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    There are two Pentecostal positions on sanctification, entire sanctification and progressive sanctification. [47] Entire sanctification as a second work of grace, is the position of Pentecostal denominations that originally had their roots in Wesleyan-Arminian theology, such as Apostolic Faith Church, Calvary Holiness Association, International ...

  4. Second work of grace - Wikipedia

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    Many Holiness preachers emphasized the reception of entire sanctification as an instantaneous experience. In Wesleyan-Arminian theology, the second work of grace is considered to be a cleansing from the tendency to commit sin, an experience called entire sanctification which leads to Christian perfection.

  5. Assemblies of God Statement of Fundamental Truths - Wikipedia

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    The original language on sanctification in the Fundamental Truths was a compromise between Wesleyan and non-Wesleyan members which allowed the two doctrines to coexist. [5] Under the heading "Entire Sanctification, The Goal For All Believers", it read, "Entire sanctification is the will of God for all believers, and should be earnestly pursued ...

  6. Holiness Pentecostalism - Wikipedia

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    Holiness Pentecostalism is the original branch of Pentecostalism, which is characterized by its teaching of three works of grace: [1] the New Birth (first work of grace), [2] entire sanctification (second work of grace), and [3] Spirit baptism evidenced by speaking in tongues (third work of grace).

  7. Baptism with the Holy Spirit - Wikipedia

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    Entire sanctification is a state of perfect love, righteousness and true holiness which every regenerate believer may obtain by being delivered from the power of sin, by loving God with all the heart, soul, mind and strength, and by loving one's neighbor as one's self.

  8. John Wesley - Wikipedia

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    Entire sanctification, he described in 1790, as the "grand depositum which God has lodged with the people called 'Methodists'" and that the propagation of this doctrine was the reason that He brought Methodists into existence.

  9. Pentecostalism - Wikipedia

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    Wesleyan Pentecostals teach that there are three crisis experiences within a Christian's life: conversion, sanctification, and Spirit baptism. They inherited the holiness movement's belief in entire sanctification. [6] According to Wesleyan Pentecostals, entire sanctification is a definite event that occurs after salvation but before Spirit ...