چکیده:
One of the important topics in monotheistic religions is the conduct and spiritual transformation of man. This transformation in Christianity can be considered through different mystical, theological, and biblical approaches. On the other hand, this spiritual conduct can be examined from various dimensions, such as its position in religion, its impact on worldly and afterlife life, the ways of proximity and journeying toward God, etc. However, one of the questions raised here is what this conduct itself means and what kind it is. The point is, what happens that allows the seeker towards Allah to attain perfection; has a true transformation occurred in him, or is he merely honorifically called complete and close to God? In Christianity, and specifically the New Testament, this mystical and perfectionist conduct is an existential, real, gradational, and at the same time, largely gratuitous transformation, expressed with terms such as sanctification, union with God and Christ, and illumination; which constitutes the framework of this writing.
خلاصه ماشینی:
In Christianity, and specifically the New Testament, this mystical and perfectionist conduct is an ontological, real, analogical, and at the same time, largely gratuitous transformation, expressed with terms such as sanctification, union with God and Christ, and illumination; which constitutes the framework of this writing.
In books of practical mysticism too, one can encounter dimensions of this discussion in people such as Clifton Walters in The Cloud of Unknowing,8 and Walter Hilton 9 in The Ladder of Perfection,10 John Clarkius 11 in The Ladder of Divine Ascent,12 David Peterson 13 in God's Possessions,14 Thomas Akampis 15 in Imitation of Christ, and so on...
Christian theology believes that Adam, through his sin, brought death into the world, because God is life, and separation from God, meaning moving towards sin, is death (ibid, p: 59), and Jesus Christ, through His cross, [brought] new and eternal life: Just as death came into this world due to Adam's sin, life after death was also granted to us as a result of the work of Christ the Savior (1 Corinthians, 15: 21).
On the other hand, sanctification means moral and spiritual transformation and the calling of humans by God for a life of a completely different quality (Romans, 1: 7; 1 Corinthians, 1: 2; 1 Thessalonians, 4: 3-7), and a continuous separation and dedication for the service of God. Because the spirit, soul, and body of Christian believers are the spirit, soul, and body of Christ, and must be respected and kept in the service of God's bondage (1 Corinthians, 6: 20; Romans, 12: 1).
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