SANCTIFICATION

To: NT-GREEK@Virginia.EDU
Subject: SANCTIFICATION
From: UF26@sysm.acs.Virginia.EDU
Date: 09 Oct 92 1210 EDT
MOST OF THE DISCUSSION IN PROTESTANT SCHOLARSHIP THAT DEALS WITH
SANCTIFICATION COMES FROM THE BANAL, CURSORY WRITINGS OF "POP"
THEOLOGY. THIS IS NOT VERY SATISFACTORY FOR I FIND THAT IT CENTERS
AROUND FORMULAS, METHODS, HOW-TOS AND THE SUCH.  DIGGING BEYOND THE
SURFACE, SANCTIFICATION IS LIKE AN OCEAN THAT SWARMS AROUND MAJOR
THEOLOGICAL REEFS.  I WONDER IF P SCHOLARSHIP HAS NOT BEEN EQUIPPED
CULTURALLY TO DEAL WITH THE TOPIC.  THERE IS A MYSTERY ABOUT GROWING IN
CHRIST, THAT DEFIE S SIMPLE FORMULAS - AND LEGALSIM FOR THAT MATTER.
WESTERN CIV BEING HEAVILY EXPANSIONIST, RUGGED, DEVELOPMENT ORIENTED
WOULD TEND TO FOCUS ON ON AN ALREADY NATURAL INCLINCATION OF LAW
KEEPING - THUS FUNDAMENTALISMS ATTRACTION.  I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO
KNOW ANYONE'S THOUGHTS ON SANCTIFICATION FROM VARIOUS SCRIPTURAL
ANGLES, AND CULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN UNDERSTANDING IT.  FOR INSTANCE,
THE TERM PHRONEW IN PHILIPPIANS - HAVE THIS "ATTITUDE" OR "PHRONEW" IN
YOURSELVES WHICH WAS ALSO IN CHRIST JESUS... WHAT IS AN ATTITUDE?  HOW
DOES CULTURE, WESTERN OR EASTERN HELP SHAPE AN ATTITUDE?  HOW MUCH OF
SANCTIFICATION IS FACILITATED BY CULTURE?  IF CONSIDERABLE, THEN IS THE
BODY OF CHRIST THE CULTURE OUT OF WHICH IT IS SHAPED?  THANKS FOR YOUR
COMMENT DAVID MEALAND.