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Confidence
Belief overview
Ethical life of purity, love, and self-control
Religious practice demands moral discipline, love for others, and mastery of thought.
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Supportive
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Neutral
What it is: The tradition associates true spirituality with moral purity, honesty, charity, self-control, and inner discipline.
How the tradition understands it: Thought must be corrected in the light of God, and this must express itself in real and compassionate ethical conduct.
Basis and context: Daily ethics is part of the understanding of healing and spiritual regeneration.
Debates and variations: Although less polemical than other doctrines, this ethics appears integrated into an unusual metaphysical vision.
Documentary evidence
Supportive
1 John 4:8
God is love.
Reference: 1 John 4:8.
Content: The text describes God in terms of love.
Use in debate: Sustains the tradition's language of God as divine Love.
Romans 12:2
Transformation by renewal of the mind.
Reference: Romans 12:2.
Content: Paul speaks of transformation by renewal of the mind.
Use in debate: Used in relation to spiritual correction of thought.
Neutral
James 5:14-16
Prayer of faith and restoration.
Reference: James 5:14-16.
Content: The text associates prayer of faith, forgiveness, and restoration.
Use in debate: One of the most relevant passages for prayer and healing.