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Confidence
Belief overview
Holiness of heart and life
Faith must produce inner purity and coherent conduct.
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What it is: The Nazarene tradition speaks of holiness both interior and practical.
How the tradition understands it: The grace of God must reach motivations, desires, habits, and conduct, producing holy life, integrity, and active love.
Basis and context: This formulation helps avoid reducing holiness to inner feeling or mere external morality.
Debates and variations: Concrete ethical applications vary by era and culture, but the link between heart and life remains central.
Documentary evidence
Supportive
Galatians 5:22-23
Fruit of the Spirit in Christian life.
Reference: Galatians 5:22-23.
Content: Paul describes the fruit of the Spirit in terms of love, self-control, and other virtues.
Use in debate: Important for holiness of heart and life.
Romans 12:1-2
Transformed life and non-conformity with destructive patterns.
Reference: Romans 12:1-2.
Content: Paul calls to a renewed life and non-conformity with the present age.
Use in debate: Important for practical holiness and Christian ethics.
Wesley's General Rules
The General Rules shaped the ethos of practical holiness in the Wesleyan world.
Reference: John Wesley, General Rules.
Content: The rules summarize avoiding evil, doing good, and attending God's ordinances.
Use in debate: Help understand moral discipline and practical holiness.