Definition of "sanctifying" []

• Present participle of sanctify. (verb)

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• "Considered as a state or habit (habitus justificationis), it denotes the continued possession of a quality inherent in the soul, which theologians aptly term sanctifying grace."
• "That which is primarily intended here is to show that the Spirit, in sanctifying a soul, (1.)"
• "But the Council calls "justice" what we call sanctifying grace (Sess."