Universal call to holiness

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Catholic doctrine Christian theological concept

The Universal Call to Holiness is a central Catholic teaching that every baptized person, regardless of state or vocation, is invited and obliged to pursue a life of sanctity and union with God.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
The Call to Holiness in Today’s World	1
Universal call to holiness canonical	1
universal call to holiness	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1389485 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Universal call to holiness
Context triple: [Lumen Gentium, subject, Universal call to holiness]

A. Salvation and the Church
"Salvation and the Church" is an influential 1986 ecumenical document by the Anglican–Roman Catholic International Commission that explores and seeks common ground between Anglican and Roman Catholic understandings of salvation and the nature of the Church.
B. Holy Tradition
Holy Tradition is the living transmission of the faith, worship, and teachings of the Church, preserved and handed down through generations as a primary source of authority alongside Scripture.
C. Holiness movement
The Holiness movement is a Christian revival tradition that emphasizes personal sanctification, holy living, and a post-conversion experience of entire sanctification or Christian perfection.
D. On Watchfulness and Holiness
On Watchfulness and Holiness is a spiritual treatise by St. Hesychios the Priest that teaches inner vigilance, prayer, and ascetic discipline as the path to Christian holiness.
E. Christian perfection
Christian perfection is a Wesleyan theological doctrine teaching that believers can, by God’s grace, attain a state of perfect love in this life in which they are freed from willful sin.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Universal call to holiness
Target entity description: The Universal Call to Holiness is a central Catholic teaching that every baptized person, regardless of state or vocation, is invited and obliged to pursue a life of sanctity and union with God.

A. Salvation and the Church
"Salvation and the Church" is an influential 1986 ecumenical document by the Anglican–Roman Catholic International Commission that explores and seeks common ground between Anglican and Roman Catholic understandings of salvation and the nature of the Church.
B. Holy Tradition
Holy Tradition is the living transmission of the faith, worship, and teachings of the Church, preserved and handed down through generations as a primary source of authority alongside Scripture.
C. Holiness movement
The Holiness movement is a Christian revival tradition that emphasizes personal sanctification, holy living, and a post-conversion experience of entire sanctification or Christian perfection.
D. On Watchfulness and Holiness
On Watchfulness and Holiness is a spiritual treatise by St. Hesychios the Priest that teaches inner vigilance, prayer, and ascetic discipline as the path to Christian holiness.
E. Christian perfection
Christian perfection is a Wesleyan theological doctrine teaching that believers can, by God’s grace, attain a state of perfect love in this life in which they are freed from willful sin.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic doctrine ⓘ Christian theological concept ⓘ
affirmedBy	Catechism of the Catholic Church ⓘ
appliesTo	clergy ⓘ laity ⓘ married persons ⓘ religious ⓘ single persons ⓘ widowed persons ⓘ
biblicalBasis	1 Peter 1:15–16 ⓘ 1 Thessalonians 4:3 ⓘ Matthew 5:48 ⓘ linked to: Matthew 5
chapterOfLumenGentium	Chapter V ⓘ
contrastsWith	view that holiness is reserved to clergy and religious ⓘ
coreIdea	all states of life are paths to sanctity ⓘ every baptized person is called to holiness ⓘ holiness is not limited to clergy or religious ⓘ union with God is the goal of Christian life ⓘ
emphasizedIn	Second Vatican Council ⓘ
entails	conversion of heart ⓘ imitation of Christ ⓘ life of prayer ⓘ participation in the sacraments ⓘ practice of charity ⓘ
goal	sanctity ⓘ union with God ⓘ
groundedIn	baptism ⓘ
historicalDevelopment	given renewed emphasis at Vatican II ⓘ
influencedSpiritualityOf	20th-century Catholic laity movements ⓘ
language	primarily articulated in Latin and modern vernaculars ⓘ
moralDimension	living the Beatitudes ⓘ observance of the commandments ⓘ
obligation	every baptized Christian ⓘ
relatedConcept	Christian perfection ⓘ baptismal dignity ⓘ sanctification ⓘ state of life ⓘ vocation ⓘ
religiousTradition	Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Catholic Church worldwide
sectionOfCatechism	Part III, Life in Christ ⓘ
spiritualMeans	Eucharist ⓘ linked to: Holy Eucharist prayer ⓘ sacrament of reconciliation ⓘ works of mercy ⓘ
taughtInDocument	Lumen gentium ⓘ linked to: Lumen Gentium
teaches	holiness is possible in ordinary life ⓘ professional and family life can be paths to sanctity ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lumen Gentium → subject → Universal call to holiness ⓘ

Gaudete et exsultate → subject → universal call to holiness ⓘ

linked to: Universal call to holiness

Gaudete et exsultate → chapterTitle → The Call to Holiness in Today’s World ⓘ