or to “Scripture in general.” Luther: “You must rely with constant trust on this, that Christ died for your sins; such a faith justifies you.” (St. L., VIII, 1376.) In order to describe saving faith more fully, our dogmaticians have said: a) Saving faith is always fides specialis, or the special faith by which an individual believes that for Christ’s sake his sins are remitted him. The very nature of God’s general promise in the Gospel calls for this individual application, Gal. 2:20; Job 19:25.