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1 Pre, 1 | Catholic Church and theology of that time, which in turn asserted
2 Pre (3)| It should be noted that some Lutheran churches include
3 Pre, 4 | dialogues on justification so that our churches may be informed
4 Pre, 5 | intention: namely, to show that on the basis of their dialogue
5 Pre, 5 | Christ. It does not cover all that either church teaches about
6 Pre, 5 | justification and shows that the remaining differences
7 Pre, 7 | rests on the conviction that in overcoming the earlier
8 Pre, 7 | shaped by the conviction that in their respective histories
9 1, 8 | Together we hear the gospel that "God so loved the world
10 1, 8 | God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so
11 1, 8 | he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in
12 1, 10 | power of sin, as the message that proclaims that "the righteousness
13 1, 10 | the message that proclaims that "the righteousness of God
14 1, 10 | for faith" (Rom 1:16f) and that grants "justification" (
15 1, 10 | to undergird his gospel that this righteousness will
16 1, 12 | justified live by faith that comes from the Word of Christ (
17 1, 12 | accord with the will of God. That is why the Apostle says
18 2, 13 | indispensable to overcoming that division. By appropriating
19 2, 13 | justification, with the result that this Joint Declaration is
20 3, 15 | together hold the conviction that justification is the work
21 3, 15 | Justification thus means that Christ himself is our righteousness,
22 3, 16 | time, leads believers into that renewal of life which God
23 3, 17 | also share the conviction that the message of justification
24 3, 17 | action in Christ: it tells us that as sinners our new life
25 3, 17 | forgiving and renewing mercy that God imparts as a gift and
26 4, 19 | 19.We confess together that all persons depend completely
27 4, 20 | 20.When Catholics say that persons "cooperate" in preparing
28 4, 21 | action. Lutherans do not deny that a person can reject the
29 4, 21 | grace. When they emphasize that a person can only receive (
30 4, 21 | justification, but do not deny that believers are fully involved
31 4, 22 | 22.We confess together that God forgives sin by grace
32 4, 22 | together, it is true to say that: ~
33 4, 23 | When Lutherans emphasize that the righteousness of Christ
34 4, 23 | intention is above all to insist that the sinner is granted righteousness
35 4, 23 | declaration of forgiveness and that only in union with Christ
36 4, 23 | renewed. When they stress that God's grace is forgiving
37 4, 23 | intend rather to express that justification remains free
38 4, 24 | believer13, they wish to insist that God's forgiving grace always
39 4, 24 | They do not thereby deny that God's gift of grace in justification
40 4, 25 | 25.We confess together that sinners are justified by
41 4, 26 | renewal of one's way of life that necessarily follows from
42 4, 27 | remains true to himself, so that one can rely upon him. Thus
43 4, 28 | 28.We confess together that in baptism the Holy Spirit
44 4, 29 | are totally righteous, in that God forgives their sins
45 4, 29 | however, they recognize that they remain also totally
46 4, 29 | and do not love God with that undivided love which God
47 4, 29 | Christ. It no longer is a sin that "rules" the Christian for
48 4, 29 | Thus, when Lutherans say that justified persons are also
49 4, 29 | persons are also sinners and that their opposition to God
50 4, 29 | truly sin, they do not deny that, despite this sin, they
51 4, 29 | not separated from God and that this sin is a "ruled" sin.
52 4, 30 | 30.Catholics hold that the grace of Jesus Christ
53 4, 30 | in baptism takes away all that is sin "in the proper sense"
54 4, 30 | in the proper sense" and that is "worthy of damnation" (
55 4, 30 | They do not thereby deny that this inclination does not
56 4, 30 | design for humanity and that it is objectively in contradiction
57 4, 30 | Christ, they underscore that this inclination in contradiction
58 4, 31 | 31.We confess together that persons are justified by
59 4, 31 | salvation. We also confess that God's commandments retain
60 4, 31 | validity for the justified and that Christ has by his teaching
61 4, 32 | 32.Lutherans state that the distinction and right
62 4, 32 | persons, Christians also, in that they are sinners, stand
63 4, 32 | which uncovers their sin so that, in faith in the gospel,
64 4, 33 | gospel, Catholics can say that Christ is not a lawgiver
65 4, 33 | When Catholics emphasize that the righteous are bound
66 4, 33 | they do not thereby deny that through Jesus Christ God
67 4, 34 | 34.We confess together that the faithful can rely on
68 4, 36 | believer may yet be certain that God intends his salvation. [
69 4, 37 | 37.We confess together that good works - a Christian
70 4, 38 | contribute to growth in grace, so that the righteousness that comes
71 4, 38 | so that the righteousness that comes from God is preserved
72 4, 38 | works, they wish to say that, according to the biblical
73 4, 38 | gifts, or far less to deny that justification always remains
74 4, 39 | Lutherans. They do emphasize that righteousness as acceptance
75 4, 39 | the same time, they state that there can be growth in its
76 5, 40 | in this Declaration shows that a consensus in basic truths
77 5, 43 | ethics. We are convinced that the consensus we have reached
78 5, 44 | to lead us further toward that visible unity which is Christ'
79 App | in this dialogue affirm that all Christian teachings,
80 App | USA, no. 160). ~- "For that reason, the doctrine of
81 App | function in the church. That function is continually
82 App | continually to remind Christians that we sinners live solely from
83 App | An agreement on the fact that the doctrine of justification
84 App | truth; but both sides agree that the doctrine of justification
85 App | specific function in the fact that it is 'the touchstone for
86 App | concerned to make it clear that ... human beings cannot ...
87 App | cooperation' only in the sense that in faith the heart is involved,
88 App | of Christ in such a way, that the person's willing acceptance
89 App | E 52). ~- "We emphasize that faith in the sense of the
90 App | teach as do Lutherans, that nothing prior to the free
91 App | merits justification and that all of God's saving gifts
92 App | interpretation, the faith that clings unconditionally to
93 App | righteousness before God, so that the renewal of the human
94 App | Protestant concern in emphasizing that the renewal of the human
95 App | Catholic doctrine stresses that grace is personal and linked
96 App | and linked with the Word, that renewal ..is certainly nothing
97 App | by God's word itself, and that the renewal of the human
98 App | time to time into the sins that are those of daily existence.~
99 App | are at one in maintaining that original sin, and also the
100 App | and also the concupiscence that remains, are in contradiction
101 App | justified no longer cuts that person off from God; in
102 App | calls the concupiscence that remains in the justified
103 App | confessions.. If Canon 20 stresses that a person ..is bound to keep
104 App | however Canon 20 affirms that faith has salvific power
105 App | their weakness, and with that weakness?" (LV:E 53). ~- "
106 App | faith and salvation which that involves" (LV:E 56). ~-
107 App | of Trent also emphasizes that "it is necessary to believe
108 App | is necessary to believe that sins are not forgiven, nor
109 App | account of Christ;" and that we must not doubt "the mercy
110 App | step farther. They urge that the uncertainty should not
111 App | subjectively uncertain - that the assurance of forgiveness
112 App | at the same time believe that God is unreliable in his
113 App | sense it is true today also that - in Luther's words - faith
114 App | possibility of earning grace - that is, justification - (can.
115 App | 1548f). It is evident ..that the Council wishes to establish
116 App | Lutheran confessions stress that the justified person is
117 App | understood in the sense that it affects human beings,
118 App | described as reward: "..We grant that eternal life is a reward
119 App | because it is something that is owed - not because of
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