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Sanctification vs Redemption - What's the difference?

sanctification | redemption |

As nouns the difference between sanctification and redemption

is that sanctification is the (usually gradual or uncompleted) process by which a Christian believer is made holy through the action of the Holy Spirit while redemption is the act of redeeming or something redeemed.

sanctification

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (theology) The (usually gradual or uncompleted) process by which a Christian believer is made holy through the action of the Holy Spirit.
  • The process of making holy; hallowing, consecration.
  • (slang, obsolete) Blackmail.

    • redemption

    English

    (wikipedia redemption)

    Noun

  • the act of redeeming or something redeemed
  • the recovery, for a fee, of a pawned article
  • salvation from sin
  • rescue upon payment of a ransom

    • Derived terms

    * beyond redemption * past redemption * redemption fatigue * redemption price * redemption value