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Asa
Mahan and the Development of American Holiness Theology
Donald W.
Dayton
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This paper by Donald Dayton was originally published in
the Wesleyan Theological Journal. Dayton traces the development of
American holiness theology through the writings of Asa Mahan. "By
concentrating on Asa Mahan, who embodies within himself so much of this
theological transition, we have also seen more clearly the close
interrelationships between the major holiness currents in the nineteenth
century: Oberlin perfectionism, the Methodistic holiness movement, and
the Keswick movement."
Regardless of what doctrinal approach one takes to
holiness, this paper provides a brief overview of the development of
holiness teaching in the Nineteenth Century. Some readers will be quite
surprised when their "truth" on the subject came into being.
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The
Conservative Holiness Movement
Mark
Sidwell
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This
file research report by Sidwell is an excellent overview of the Holiness
Movement in the United States. In particular, he follows the Movement
into recent times noting the division of the Movement into a more
liberal side and a conservative side, the main focus of the paper.
The
Conservative Holiness Movement has been a much ignored segment of the
Christian church in America. Often it has been passed over as a mere
forerunner of the modern Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements, to which
it bears no real resemblance.
Outward
standards, the teaching of entire sanctification, and forms of
government have been the main issues that separate this Movement from
the more liberal holiness churches. This paper is a MUST READ for any
serious student of church history and the history of the Holiness
Movement.
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Primitivism
in the American Holiness Tradition
Melvin E.
Dieter
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Dieter contends that although the early American Holiness
tradition began with a sense of primitivism, it actually has its roots
in the historic church through John Wesley.
Primitivism is the concept that to be the church as
taught in the Bible, we must act and believe as did the Early Church in
the New Testament. Primitivism began in the early nineteenth century in
this country. There were essentially two approaches to primitivism: (1)
restitutionism, or restoring the original church that was lost in the
Dark Ages and through the Protestant Reformation; and (2) reformationism,
or reforming the present church so that it conforms to the Bible model.
This is a very interesting article for people who understand the concept.
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Samuel
Brengle and the Development of the Pneumatology of the Salvation Army
R.
David Rightmire |
This
paper is very well researched and documented giving some background on
the development of holiness thinking and the influence of Phoebe Palmer
on holiness teaching during the early days of the Holiness Movement.
The
theology of the Mid-Nineteenth-Century Holiness Movement lay on a
spectrum between the gradualism of Wesley to the instantaneous take it
by faith of Palmer. Brengle drew a line more on the side of Wesley
seeing entire sanctification as an instantaneous experience with a
gradual development: a synergy of God's grace and man's obedience.
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Biblical
Interpretation in the American Holiness Movement: 1875–1920
Stephen
J. Lennox |
Holiness
people view the Bible as the source of all inspired truth, the foundation
and epitome of all doctrine. One would think, then, that all holiness
people would be consistent in their interpretation of the Bible,
especially on the doctrine salvation and particularly sanctification. But
this, painfully, is not so. In this paper, Lennox, contrasts Biblical
interpretation practices among the American Holiness Movement with that of
John Wesley.
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A
Century of Holiness Theology
Mark
R. Quanstrom |
While
the Holiness Movement has always stressed the teaching and experience of
entire sanctification, there has not been a total and consistent agreement
as to what entire sanctification is or how it is achieved.
This
article is a review of the book written by Mark Quanstrom in which he
explores the history of this vital doctrine in the teachings of the Church
of the Nazarene. The angst and controversy surrounding this doctrine in
the largest American holiness denomination mirrors almost perfectly that
of all other holiness denominations and fellowships.
The
conclusion of this article lists 12 doctrines that should typify holiness
reaching regardless of any group's view of entire sanctification.
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The
Baptism of the Holy Spirit as Related to the Work of Entire
Sanctification
Robert A.
Mattke |
A
short study in which Mattke explores the association of the Baptism of the
Holy Spirit with entire sanctification.
Water
baptism has been controversial in the history of the church, but the
baptism of the Holy Spirit has been largely ignored except by the Holiness
Movement in modern times. Even here, there is not agreement on the meaning
of these crucial terms.
Mattke
somewhat summarizes his study in these words: "Is it not within the
realm of possibility that the Holy Spirit initiates a baptism in
regeneration which is consummated in entire sanctification?"
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The
Holiness Churches: A Significant Ethical Tradition
Donald W.
Dayton |
Dayton
presents a concise but short history of the holiness movement, including
the origins of many of the prominent holiness churches and groups. He also
contrasts holiness churches with modern fundamentalism and evangelicalism,
stressing the the difference between the doctrinal focus of evangelicalism
and the ethical focus of the holiness tradition. This article brings a
much needed sense of credibility and relevance to the holiness tradition
in modern times. The reader may be genuinely surprised at some of the
accomplishments of the holiness movement in the arena of social justice;
there are some things for which the modern social progressives take
the credit that were actually born into American society out of the
preaching of holiness.
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American
Holiness Movement
R. V.
Pierard |
A
short article that provides a brief and concise synopsis of the
development of the holiness movement in the United States.
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HOLINESS
MOVEMENT TIMELINE |
A
table containing a timeline of important dates and events in the
development of the holiness movement.
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