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  2. Christian perfection - Wikipedia

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    The Roman Catholic Church teaches that Christian perfection is a spiritual union with God that is attainable in this life. It is not absolute perfection as it exists alongside human misery, rebellious passions, and venial sin. Christian perfection consists of charity or love, since it is this virtue that unites the soul to God.

  3. Edward Heppenstall - Wikipedia

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    With his conclusions, Heppenstall returned to a basic Wesleyan concept of perfection as love in dynamic growth. [7] While Heppenstall's writings were influential, his teaching career was much more so. He influenced a generation of preachers and religion teachers through his college and seminary lectures.

  4. Pelagianism - Wikipedia

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    [29] [45] [36] Jesus Christ, held in Christian doctrine to have lived a life without sin, was the ultimate example for Pelagians seeking perfection in their own lives, but there were also other humans who were without sin—including some notable pagans and especially the Hebrew prophets.

  5. Alonzo T. Jones - Wikipedia

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    In other words, this is to say that the will of God concerning man is that His will shall be perfectly fulfilled in man. His will is expressed in His law of ten commandments, which is "the whole duty of man." This law is perfect, and perfection of character is the perfect expression of this law in the life of the worshiper of God.

  6. Sinlessness of Mary - Wikipedia

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    The encyclical Mystici corporis Christi from Pope Pius XII (1943) holds that Mary was also sinless personally, "free from all sin, original or personal". [17] The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that by the grace of God "Mary remained free of every personal sin her whole life long." [18]

  7. Last Generation Theology - Wikipedia

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    He distorted the Adventist view of Sanctification by injecting the idea that Ellen White supported sinless perfection by self which some supporters of LGT in the "historic Adventists", are accused of presenting in their teachings or writings. He visited the United States throughout the 1960s, holding retreats and seminars to teach his message ...

  8. International Pentecostal Holiness Church - Wikipedia

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    To receive the baptism, a person must have a "clean heart and life" and to "live in the fullness of the Holy Spirit's power and possession, one must continue to live a clean and consecrated life, free from sin, strife, worldliness, and pride, and must avoid attitudes and actions that tend to 'grieve' or 'quench' the Holy Spirit."

  9. Evangelical counsels - Wikipedia

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    In Christianity, the three evangelical counsels, or counsels of perfection, are chastity, poverty (or perfect charity), and obedience. [1] As stated by Jesus in the canonical gospels , [ 2 ] they are counsels for those who desire to become "perfect" ( τελειος , teleios ).