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The holy has been defined existentially and sociologically, and churches too often allow their expectations regarding holiness to be prompted by existential aspirations or the social mores of the Christian community. Perhaps it is not surprising that many view holiness as accidental or expendable, even as a legalistic and conformist posture opposed to the freedom of the gospel. But sanctification...

them? If God can set things in motion, why not set them apart? If this is the logic of the biblical reasoning from creation to new creation, then it might apply likewise to the doctrine of sanctification. “Therefore do not seek within the created order that which is above the created order. Do not bring that which sanctifies down to the level of those who are sanctified.”30 Here, Basil, the great Cappadocian father, links holiness and creation very specifically by noting that the created order cannot
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