• The means of grace in Christian theology are those things (the means) through which God gives grace. Just what this grace entails is interpreted in various...
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    initiative in the relationship of grace between God and an individual is always on the side of God. The question of the means of grace has been called "the watershed...
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    act of both penance and charity. In addition, the Methodist church teaches that the works of mercy are a means of grace that evidence holiness of heart...
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    entirely the work of God. Against the teaching of his day that the believers are made righteous through the infusion of God's grace into the soul, Luther...
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  • "The Wesleyan Means of Grace". United Methodist Church. Retrieved 30 April 2022. "The Wesley Center Online: Sermon 16 – The Means Of Grace". wesley.nnu...
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    the Word of God, both written and preached, and the Sacraments are means of grace through which the Holy Spirit gives the gift of God's grace, creates...
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    Irresistible grace (also called effectual grace, effectual calling, or efficacious grace) is a doctrine in Christian theology particularly associated...
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    Sacrament (category Sacraments of the Catholic Church)
    sacraments in the Catholic Church are regarded as means of Divine Grace, The Catholic definition of a sacrament is an event in Christian life that is...
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    20, 2018. Retrieved May 21, 2018. Tennent, Timothy (July 9, 2011). "Means of Grace: Why I am a Methodist and an Evangelical". Asbury Theological Seminary...
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  • hold that Baptism is a saving work of God, mandated and instituted by Jesus Christ. Baptism is a "means of grace" through which God creates and strengthens...
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    John Wesley (category Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford)
    notion of Christian perfection and against Calvinism. His evangelicalism, firmly grounded in sacramental theology, maintained that means of grace sometimes...
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    reading of the Bible.[importance?] In the Methodist Church, works of piety are a means of grace. They can be personal, such as reading, prayer, and meditation;...
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    a means of grace. Furthermore, confirmation is the individual's first public affirmation of the grace of God in baptism and the acknowledgment of the...
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    First Great Awakening (category History of the Thirteen Colonies)
    gained by actively seeking to grow in grace and holiness through mortification of sin and using the means of grace. In Religious Affections, the last sign...
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  • works of piety and mercy, and these works reflect the power of sanctification". Examples of these means of grace (works of piety and works of mercy)...
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  • of worship." Pastors are called to the "Ministry of Word and Sacrament" and considered a "steward of the mysteries" of the Church (the means of grace)...
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    Report of ARCIC I of 1991. The followers of John Wesley have typically affirmed that the sacrament of Holy Communion is an instrumental Means of Grace through...
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  • Sola fide (section Grace)
    liberal sects, all of Christ's principles) rather than anything in the sinner. This contrasts with other supposed means of grace, such as priestly confession...
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  • matrimony as a necessary means of grace for salvation. Though not necessary for salvation certainly marriage is a means of grace, thus, sacramental in character...
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    Cell group (category Types of Christian organization)
    study groups. In Methodism, they are known as class meetings and are a means of grace; in Catholicism, they are known as basic ecclesial communities. The...
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  • feminine given name. In Japanese, the word megumi means "blessing; grace." While the word megumi means blessing and can be written using that kanji, it...
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    is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin. It is derived from the root ḥ-n-n, meaning "favour" or "grace". A Dictionary of First Names attributes the...
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    sacraments. Luther maintained that the sacraments were a "means of grace", meaning that while grace was imparted through the sacraments, the credit for the...
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    approaches have been influenced by their views on the necessity of the means of grace, the Reformed do not believe that baptism is necessary for salvation...
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    Chloë Grace Moretz (/məˈrɛts/; born February 10, 1997) is an American actress. She is the recipient of various accolades, including four MTV Movie & TV...
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    reemphasized the idea of a covenant of works as expressed in the Westminster Confession of Faith 7.2 as a means to protect a gospel of grace. Kline wrote: If...
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  • "Works of piety", in Methodism, are certain spiritual disciplines that along with the "works of mercy", serve as a means of grace, in addition to being...
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  • Sola gratia (redirect from Grace alone)
    that the Catholic doctrine of the means of grace was a mixture of reliance upon the grace of God and confidence in the merits of one's own works performed...
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  • United Methodist Church (category Members of the National Council of Churches)
    holds that the celebration of the Eucharist is an anamnesis of Jesus' death, and believes the sacrament to be a means of grace, and practices open communion...
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  • the means of grace—such as secret and family devotions, assembling together for prayer and worship, and giving liberally to support the work of the church...
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