The terminology that I have heard in the past that described this type of thing in Protestantism is "pietism" or "pietistic movements". The Methodist or Wesleyan Church grew out of a pietistic movement. I would offer that a good word to use as a Protestant for sanctifying process to be pietism.
Following are some definitions / explanations of pietism – a quick search, not a scholarly treatise on my part:
Pietism is a movement within Christianity that attempts to focus on individual holiness and a consistent Christian life.
Pietism, also known as Pietistic Lutheranism, is a movement within Lutheranism that combines its emphasis on biblical doctrine with an emphasis on individual piety and living a holy Christian life.
Pietism is a recurring tendency within Christian history to emphasize Christian practice over theology and church order.
Pietism is a late seventeenth- and eighteenth-century movement within (primarily German) Protestantism which sought to supplement the emphasis on institutions and dogma in orthodox Protestant circles by concentrating on the "practice of piety," rooted in inner experience and expressing itself in a life of religious commitment.
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I use the terms used by Salladin and Edwards. Neither o them use the term pietism or pietist. When I read the definitions above, I would say none of these really come close to what Edwards is getting at, which is entering into the Trinity. It is participation and communication in as full a sense as is possible for a created being.
God became man so that man could become God (as I always note, in energies but not essence). That seems to be what Edwards is getting at. It is meaningfully closer to theosis or deification than it is to pietism.
The goals of pietists and theosisians or deificationists are the same, experiencing God in as full a way as possible with the result of being transformed more and more into the image of the Son. In my experience, the means that pietists use and the thinking behind it is similar to what Edwards is describing. But Edwards does you much different words to describe the means. Pietists don't talk about entering into the Trinity, but they do lean on the same verse of being in Christ in us, being the branches tied into the Vine, being filled with the Spirit, etc. There is more emphasis on the Spirit at times and Jesus at others, but participating and communicating with God is definitely in view.
The terminology that I have heard in the past that described this type of thing in Protestantism is "pietism" or "pietistic movements". The Methodist or Wesleyan Church grew out of a pietistic movement. I would offer that a good word to use as a Protestant for sanctifying process to be pietism.
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Following are some definitions / explanations of pietism – a quick search, not a scholarly treatise on my part:
Pietism is a movement within Christianity that attempts to focus on individual holiness and a consistent Christian life.
Pietism, also known as Pietistic Lutheranism, is a movement within Lutheranism that combines its emphasis on biblical doctrine with an emphasis on individual piety and living a holy Christian life.
Pietism is a recurring tendency within Christian history to emphasize Christian practice over theology and church order.
Pietism is a late seventeenth- and eighteenth-century movement within (primarily German) Protestantism which sought to supplement the emphasis on institutions and dogma in orthodox Protestant circles by concentrating on the "practice of piety," rooted in inner experience and expressing itself in a life of religious commitment.
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I use the terms used by Salladin and Edwards. Neither o them use the term pietism or pietist. When I read the definitions above, I would say none of these really come close to what Edwards is getting at, which is entering into the Trinity. It is participation and communication in as full a sense as is possible for a created being.
God became man so that man could become God (as I always note, in energies but not essence). That seems to be what Edwards is getting at. It is meaningfully closer to theosis or deification than it is to pietism.
The goals of pietists and theosisians or deificationists are the same, experiencing God in as full a way as possible with the result of being transformed more and more into the image of the Son. In my experience, the means that pietists use and the thinking behind it is similar to what Edwards is describing. But Edwards does you much different words to describe the means. Pietists don't talk about entering into the Trinity, but they do lean on the same verse of being in Christ in us, being the branches tied into the Vine, being filled with the Spirit, etc. There is more emphasis on the Spirit at times and Jesus at others, but participating and communicating with God is definitely in view.
Thank you for sharing this. It is helpful.