Sanctification
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Sanctification is an ancient concept widespread among religions that refers to anything blessed or set apart for special purposes, from totem poles to temple vessels, to the change brought about in a human believer. The word sanctification (see -ification) refers to the act or process of making sacred or setting apart as special. To sanctify is literally “to set apart for special use or purpose,” figuratively “to make holy or sacred,” and etymologically from the Latin verb sanctificare which in turn is from sanctus “holy” and facere “to make.”
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See also
- Charisma
- Christian Perfection
- Consecration
- Divine Grace
- Imparted righteousness
- Means of Grace
- Righteousness
- Social Gospel
- Justification (theology)
- Glorification
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