Be holy because I am holy. Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.
The Christian life includes many demands, but perhaps none are as challenging or as misunderstood as the biblical command to ‘be holy’ (Leviticus 11:44 and 1 Peter 1:16) or to ‘be perfect’ (Matthew 5:48). How should we understand these charges?
In this volume, three scholars from the Wesleyan tradition offer a collective treatment of the theme of holiness that includes:
– exegesis of key biblical passages
– a survey across church history
– theological reflections on the relationship between entire sanctification and other doctrines In addition, the coauthors constructively argue for a ‘neo-holiness’ model that encourages the pursuit of Christian perfection but avoids the pitfalls of Pelagianism by incorporating historic understandings of grace and the work of the Holy Spirit with the best of the Wesleyan tradition.
Here, the commands to ‘be holy’ and to ‘be perfect’ take on new meaning. What may have been a burden becomes a blessing.
Tabela de Conteúdo
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part One: ‘Be Holy Because I Am Holy’: Holiness in the Old Testament
1. Holiness in the Pentateuch
2. Holiness in the Historical Books and the Prophets
3. Holiness in the Wisdom Literature
Part Two: ‘Be Perfect as Your Heavenly Father Is Perfect’: Holiness in the New Testament
4. Holiness in the Gospels and Acts
5. Holiness in the Letters of Paul
6. Holiness in the General Epistles and Revelation
Part Three: ‘Let Those of Us Who Are Perfect Think This Way’: Holiness in Christian History
7. Early Foundations for Holiness
8. Holiness in the Middle Ages
9. Holiness in the Premodern and Modern Era
Part Four: ‘May the God of Peace Sanctify You Entirely’: A Theology of Holiness
10. Holiness and Human Sin
11. Holiness and Redemption
12. The When and How of Holiness
Conclusion
Appendix: Recommended Reading on Holiness
Name Index
Scripture Index
Sobre o autor
Caleb T. Friedeman (Ph D, Wheaton College) is David A. Case Chair of Theology and Ministry and associate professor of New Testament at Ohio Christian University. He is the author of The Revelation of the Messiah and the editor of A Scripture Index to Rabbinic Literature and Listen, Understand, Obey.
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