The Position of Definitive Sanctification in the Skeletal Framework While sanctification is generally thought of only as a progressive work following upon justification and adoption, the New Testament often represents it as a “once for all” definitive act as well (see Acts 20:32—τοῖς ἡγιασμένοις, tois hēgiasmenois [“the ones who have been sanctified”; Acts 26:18—”the ones who have been sanctified by faith in me”; 1 Cor. 1:2—“having been sanctified in Christ Jesus, called holy ones”]; 1 Cor.