Sanctifying p. pr. & vb. n. : of Sanctify

Example:
Why does the Catholic Church teach that most souls in the state of Sanctifying grace go to purgatory?

Taxonomy
grace, salvation, God, faith, merit, doctrine, sins, God's grace, gospel, divine grace, the grace of God, baptism, believers, sanctifying grace, the Church, sacraments, the New Testament, Protestant.

Defination from the web:
Sanctifying grace is the divine life that infuses our soul at justification (normatively at baptism) and, through the spirit of adoption, ... However, God is infinitely merciful, and sanctifying grace can always be restored to the penitent heart, normatively in the sacrament of reconciliation. ...