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Holiness movement

Proper noun

Meaning

the holiness movement

(Christianity) A Wesleyan-Arminian set of Christian beliefs and practices that emerged chiefly within 19th-century Methodism and emphasize the doctrine of a second work of grace leading to Christian perfection.

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Examples

Synan 1997, p. 105. The first generation of Pentecostal believers faced immense criticism and ostracism from other Christians, most vehemently from the Holiness movement from which they originated. Source: Internet

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