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What does it mean to be holy? It is hard to digest the weight of glory that such a call represents. If we try to abide in our strength, we surely will not meet the demands of holiness. That being said, the call is not impossible. The language of Entire Sanctification is located in quite a precarious position. The current state of the Wesleyan-Holiness movement allows a wonderful opportunity to adopt a new language that allows for room and vitality. The past few decades have produced a plethora of Holiness material to deepen our understanding of holiness in ways never thought before. However, a common misconception is present in the language of Entire Sanctification. It is the misconception of Entire Sanctification as reducible to a moral imperative. This being said there has arisen some good scholarship that suggests it is not a question of morality. When reduced to a moral imperative, the language of Entire Sanctification runs the risk of being lost or impossible. The understanding of Entire Sanctification can be expressed as the Old Testament commandment in Leviticus 11:44 when the Lord says to Moses, “...be holy, for I am holy.” This view, coupled with the Deuteronomic imperative, “Choose life so that you and your descendants may live…” would suggest that it is a question of the will/morality. However, I believe that to be a mis-reading of this passage. Correctly read, these passages, coupled with our task in the Wesleyan Holiness tradition, reveal that the call to be holy needs context in order to be intelligible. The question before us, then, is „what context?‟
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KeywordsEntire Sanctification, Wesleyan-Holiness, Plotinus, Immanuel Kant, Martin Heidegger
Periodical TitleDidache
Periodical Year2011
Periodical MonthFebruary
Periodical Volume Number10
Periodical Issue Number02
Periodical ISSN1536-0156
Peer Reviewed?Yes
Place of PublicationKansas City, Missouri
EditorDean Blevins
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Didache Volume 10 Number 02
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