TY - BOOK AU - Bassett,Paul M. TI - Holiness teaching--New Testament times to Wesley T2 - Great holiness classics SN - 9780834127104 AV - BT767 U1 - 270.6 23 PY - 1997/// CY - Kansas City, Mo. PB - Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City KW - Methodist Church KW - Doctrines KW - History KW - Holiness churches KW - Holiness KW - Christianity KW - History of doctrines KW - Église méthodiste KW - Histoire KW - RELIGION KW - Christian Church KW - bisacsh KW - Christian Theology KW - Soteriology KW - fast KW - Heiligheid KW - gtt KW - Christendom N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Understanding the Great Holiness Classics -- Concepts and Identifying Terms -- Acknowledgments -- Editor's Introduction to Volume 1 -- A Unique Volume -- Choosing the Sources -- Chapter 1: Identifying Holiness Concepts From The First 17 Centuries -- The Wesleys and Their Sources -- Entering into John Wesley's Labor -- Reading the Sources -- A Theological Footnote -- Chapter 2: Sin, Entire Sanctification, And Perfectionâ€?Theological Expressions (ca. 100â€?ca. 300); Non-Christian IdeasGentile Beliefs -- Gnosticism -- Jewish Beliefs -- Essential Differences -- Christian Theological Expressions -- The Shepherd of Hermas -- From Shepherd of Hermas, Mandates 12.2.4â€? 6.5 -- Irenaeus (ca. 180) -- Against Heresies 4.20.5-6 -- Against Heresies 5.6.1-2 -- Against Heresies 5.8.1-2 -- Clement of Alexandria (ca. 150â€?ca. 216) -- Miscellanies 7.1 -- Miscellanies 7.3 -- Miscellanies 7.10 -- Chapter 3: Sin, Entire Sanctification, And Perfection in Early Christian Worship (ca. 100â€?ca. 300); An Early Baptismal LiturgyHippolytus of Rome -- The Apostolic Tradition 15-21: Freedom from Sinful Attitudes -- Baptism, Sanctification, and Perfection -- Justin Martyr (ca. 100-ca. 165) -- Biographical Note -- Apology 1.61: How We Dedicate Ourselves to God -- Clement of Alexandria (ca. 150â€?ca. 216) -- Biographical Note -- Paedagogos 1.6.25.1â€?32.1: To Be Perfect Is to Be What God Wants Us to Be -- Tertullian (ca. 160â€?ca. 225) -- Biographical Note -- On Baptism 4-8: The Spirit Sanctifies -- A Developed Baptismal Liturgy; The Apostolic Constitutions 3.16.3-4 17.1-4 -- There Is a Baptism of the Spirit -- The Apostolic Constitutions 7.41.1â€?45.3 -- Grant Me a Pure Heart -- Chapter 4: Gregory of Nyssa (ca. 331/40â€?ca. 395) -- Biographical Note and Introduction -- On Perfection -- Chapter 5: Macarius The Egyptian -- Biographical Note -- Homily 26 (Collection 3) 7:1â€?8:2 -- Filled with All the Fullness of God -- Homily 44 (Collection 2â€?Fifty Spiritual Homilies) -- In Christ He Is a New Creature -- Homily 19 (Collection 2â€?Fifty Spiritual Homilies); Filled with the Holy SpiritHomily 15 (Collection 2â€?Fifiy Spiritual Homilies) 13-15 -- A Further Work of Grace -- Chapter 6: Augustine of Hippo (354â€?430) -- Biographical Note -- On the Perfection of the Righteous Man -- Chapter 7: John Chrysostom (ca. 347â€?407) -- Biographical Note -- Commentary on St. John the Apostle and Evangelist -- Homily 10, John 1:11-13 -- His Own Received Him Not -- Homily 76, John 14:31â€?15:10 -- The True Vine -- Chapter 8: Symeon (Simon) The New Theologian (949â€?1022) -- Biographical Note -- Catecheses UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=519976 ER -