Richard F. Lovelace, Dynamics of Spiritual Renewal (pg. 73-74)
Redemption is participatory, not imitative. It is grounded on grace appropriated through faith, not merely on obedience. Spiritual life flows out of union with Christ, not merely imitation of Christ. … The individual Christian and the church as a whole are alive in Christ, and when any essential dimensions of what it means to be in Christ are obscured in the church’s understanding, there is no guarantee that the people of God will strive toward and experience fullness of life.
Andrew Purves, Reconstructing Pastoral Theology (pg. 40)
Through the communion of the Holy Spirit the Christian life is participatio Christi, not imatatio Christi.
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