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The Doctrine on Which the Church Stands or Falls: Justification in Biblical, Theological, Historical, and Pastoral Perspective is unavailable, but you can change that!

Many factors contributed to the Protestant Reformation, but one of the most significant was the debate over the doctrine of justification by faith alone. In fact, Martin Luther argued that justification is the doctrine on which the church stands or falls. This comprehensive volume of 26 essays from a host of scholars explores the doctrine of justification from the lenses of history, the Bible,...

receives us into his favor as righteous men,” which “consists in the remission of sins and the imputation of Christ’s righteousness.”7 Luther’s mature theology also reflected this exclusively forensic understanding of justification. In his Lectures on Isaiah, Luther asserts that “our righteousness is nothing other than the imputation of God.”8 When Calvin seeks to defend this understanding from Scripture, he points to instances of “justification” that could not possibly mean something transformative.
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