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Brief history of Christian interpretation of sanctification: 1. Early church fathers (Clement of Rome, Ignatius, Polycarp) – though noting the grace of God, they emphasized a striving toward holiness. 2. Gnosticism – converts are perfect, set apart from the world. 3. Montanism – demanded separatism from unholy body of believers. 4. Clement of Alexandria – necessity for denial of world and bodily needs. 5. Pelagianism – holiness is result of self-willed moral effort. 6. Augustine – sanctification is God’s activity; not by human effort. 7. Bernard of Clairvaux – mystical personal piety by imitation of Jesus. 8. Peter Lombard – sanctifying grace by infusion of Spirit in believer. 9. Thomas Aquinas – no distinction between justification and sanctification; just infusion of God’s grace in man. 10. Council of Trent – grace inheres in soul of believer by Holy Spirit, and becomes permanent condition or attribute of believer. 11. Roman Catholic doctrine – misstated and overstated subjective implications of infused sanctifying grace, providing a boost of human ability toward perfectibility and divinization. 12. Reformers (Luther, Calvin, et al) – justification emphasized and separated from sanctification; insistence on absence of human merit. 13. Protestant doctrine – over-reacted and overstated objective implications of forensic, legal and extrinsic factors of justification and sanctification. 14. Pietists – reverted to moralistic behavioral standards of holy living, in reaction to epistemological emphasis on doctrine. 15. John Wesley – “entire sanctification,” perfect holiness possible in this life; necessity of “second blessing” experience; Holiness Movement. 16. Karl Barth – reemphasized subjective implications of Christocentric and ontological dynamic of holiness. Evangelical Protestants for the most part resisted; Catholic theologians recognized and appreciated.

James Fowler

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Cold Avocado And Buttermilk Soup

January 27, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Dairy, Grains	Mexican	Ceideburg 2, Mexican, Soups	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/3	c	Coarsely chopped sweet
		onion such as Vidalia
2 1/2	c	Cold chicken broth, all fat
		removed
3		Thoroughly ripe avocados
1 1/2	c	Buttermilk
1		Almond extract, optional
	pn	Of sugar, optional
		Salt to taste
2		Jalapeno peppers, seeds and
		veins removed cut into
		very small dice
3		To 5 tablespoons minced
		cilantro
		Crisp tortilla chips to
		accompany

INSTRUCTIONS

Place the onions in a blender or processor and add 1 cup of the Puree
as fine as possible.  Peel and chunk in 2 1/2 of the avocados,
reserving the remaining half for garnish.  Puree again, adding broth
as necessary.  Transfer the soup to a large bowl.  Add any remaining
broth the  buttermilk to the blender and whir briefly to pick as much
avocado as  possible. Add to the soup, along with the extract and
sugar, if  desired.  Both of these rather surprising ingredients
enhance avocado when used  in tiny amounts.  Stir well, taste and
adjust the salt.  The soup may  be made to this in advance and
refrigerated several hours, but for  best flavor allow it to warm up a
bit before serving.  It should be  cold but not icy.  Peel the
remaining half avocado cut into very thin slices.  Divide  soup-among
six serving bowls and top with the sliced avocado, and  coriander.
Serve accompanied by the tortilla chips.  Makes 6 servings.  From the
San Francisco Examiner, 6/2/93.  Posted by Stephen Ceideberg; June 4
1993.  File
ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/cberg2.zip

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 27 Calories From Fat: 5 Total Fat: <1g Cholesterol: 2.5mg Sodium: 138.6mg Potassium: 114.3mg Carbohydrates: 3.6g Fiber: <1g Sugar: 3.4g Protein: 2.1g