Holiness movement

==Influences==
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The main roots of the Holiness movement are as follows:

* The [[Protestant Reformation|Reformation]] itself, with its emphasis on [[salvation]] by [[Divine grace|grace]] through faith alone.
* [[Puritan]]ism in 17th-century [[England]] and its transplantation to America with its emphasis on adherence to the [[Bible]] and the right to dissent from the [[established church]].
* [[Pietism]] in 17th-century [[Germany]], led by [[Philipp Jakob Spener]], as well as the [[Moravian Church|Moravians]], both of whom emphasized the spiritual life of the individual, coupled with a responsibility to live an upright life.
* [[Quietism (Christian philosophy)|Quietism]], as taught by the [[Religious Society of Friends]] (Quakers), with its emphasis on the individual's ability to experience God and understand God's will for himself.
* The 1730s Evangelical Revival in England, led by [[Methodists]] [[John Wesley]] and his brother [[Charles Wesley]], which introduced the concept of [[Sanctification|Entire Sanctification]] and certain teachings of [[Pietism|German Pietism]] to England and eventually to the [[United States]].
* The [[First Great Awakening]] in the 18th and early 19th centuries in the United States, propagated by [[George Whitefield]], [[Jonathan Edwards (theologian)|Jonathan Edwards]], and others, with its emphasis on the initial [[Religious conversion|conversion]] experience of Christians.
* The [[Second Great Awakening]] in the 19th century in the United States, propagated by [[Francis Asbury]], [[Charles Finney]], [[Lyman Beecher]], [[Phoebe Palmer]] and others, which also emphasized the need for personal holiness and is characterized by the rise of evangelistic [[revival meeting]]s.