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Not since the sixteenth century has the doctrine of justification stood so clearly at the center of theological debate as it has in the last 30 years. This often polemical dialogue has been fueled particularly by discussions on the “New Perspective on Paul.” This important collection draws together diverse voices, committed to an irenic engagement, to explore the historical development and...

patristic teaching was to affirm that faith must continually appropriate God’s undeserved mercy and that such appropriation takes place in faith’s actions—in living faith, not fruitless faith.57 In a more general sense, we find a broad strand of patristic teaching that daily repentance and a reliance on Christ’s intercession are essential to the continued enjoyment of God’s mercy. Chrysostom joyously extols the power of simple repentance: Tell me, if we fall into any difficult trouble, from whom
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