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1 Pre, 1 | turn asserted and defended a doctrine of justification
2 Pre, 1 | doctrine of justification of a different character. From
3 Pre, 1 | valid today and thus have a church-dividing effect. ~
4 Pre, 4 | well as the responses show a high degree of agreement
5 Pre, 5 | are now able to articulate a common understanding of
6 Pre, 5 | justification; it does encompass a consensus on basic truths
7 Pre, 6 | 6.Our Declaration is not a new, independent presentation
8 Pre, 6 | documents to date, let alone a replacement of them. Rather,
9 Pre, 7 | condemnations and see them in a new light.~
10 1 (10)| with responses by Joseph A. Fitzmyer and Jerome D.
11 1, 10 | whom God put forward as a sacrifice of atonement by
12 2, 13 | in the sixteenth century a principal cause of the division
13 2, 13 | doctrinal condemnations. A common understanding of
14 2, 13 | ecumenical dialogue has led to a notable convergence concerning
15 2, 13 | Declaration is able to formulate a consensus on basic truths
16 3, 14 | recent years, has led to a shared understanding of
17 3, 14 | justification. This encompasses a consensus in the basic truths;
18 3, 17 | justification directs us in a special way towards the
19 3, 17 | mercy that God imparts as a gift and we receive in faith,
20 4, 21 | Lutherans do not deny that a person can reject the working
21 4, 21 | When they emphasize that a person can only receive (
22 4, 24 | reception of grace imparted as a gift to the believer13,
23 4, 24 | grace always brings with it a gift of new life, which
24 4, 25 | God and love for him. Such a faith is active in love
25 4, 26 | word. Because God's act is a new creation, it affects
26 4, 26 | the person and leads to a life in hope and love. In
27 4, 26 | justification by faith alone," a distinction but not a separation
28 4, 26 | a distinction but not a separation is made between
29 4, 27 | justifying grace never becomes a human possession to which
30 4, 28 | and are not exempt from a lifelong struggle against
31 4, 29 | condition of the Christian as a being "at the same time
32 4, 29 | Christ. It no longer is a sin that "rules" the Christian
33 4, 29 | Christians can in part lead a just life. Despite sin,
34 4, 29 | God and that this sin is a "ruled" sin. In these affirmations,
35 4, 30 | human sins always involve a personal element and since
36 4, 31 | resurrection has overcome it as a way to salvation. We also
37 4, 31 | expressed God's will which is a standard for the conduct
38 4, 33 | 33.Because the law as a way to salvation has been
39 4, 33 | can say that Christ is not a lawgiver in the manner of
40 4, 35 | 35.This was emphasized in a particular way by the Reformers:
41 4, 37 | together that good works - a Christian life lived in
42 4, 38 | to the biblical witness, a reward in heaven is promised
43 4, 39 | 39.The concept of a preservation of grace and
44 4, 39 | preservation of grace and a growth in grace and faith
45 5, 40 | this Declaration shows that a consensus in basic truths
46 5, 41 | justification, appear in a new light: The teaching
47 5, 43 | consensus we have reached offers a solid basis for this clarification.
48 App | E 68f; VELKD 95) ~- "... a faith centered and forensically
49 App | importance for Paul and, in a sense, for the Bible as
50 App | sense, for the Bible as a whole, although it is by
51 App | by faith alone, serves as a criterion for judging all
52 App | foundation - will always retain a special function in the
53 App | way - in however modified a form - 'earn' or are able
54 App | testing at all times whether a particular interpretation
55 App | our churches, is - from a Lutheran point of view -
56 App | doctrine of justification has a different status in the
57 App | testing at all times whether a particular interpretation
58 App | human beings cannot ... cast a sideways glance at their
59 App | their own endeavors ... But a response is not a 'work'.
60 App | But a response is not a 'work'. The response of
61 App | efficacy of Christ in such a way, that the person's willing
62 App | grace - which is itself a gift of God - has no essential
63 App | 6 and 9 still constitute a notable doctrinal difference
64 App | Justification, therefore, is not a legal fiction. God, in justifying,
65 App | God's impotence toward a sin which is 'merely' forgiven
66 App | objective 'possession' (even if a conferred possession) on
67 App | the forgiveness of sins a person receives, through
68 App | justification, and is certainly not a contribution to which he
69 App | is certainly nothing but a response to God's unfathomable
70 App | is certainly nothing but a response effected by God'
71 App | justification, and is certainly not a contribution to which a
72 App | a contribution to which a person could make any appeal
73 App | struggle against sin ..[A]fter baptism, concupiscence
74 App | regard to this question a considerable rapprochement
75 App | remains in the justified a 'contradiction to God' and
76 App | If Canon 20 stresses that a person ..is bound to keep
77 App | Luther and his followers go a step farther. They urge
78 App | would declare Christ to be a liar ..if he did not rely
79 App | if he did not rely with a rock-like assurance on the
80 App | assurance of forgiveness is not a security of forgiveness (
81 App | condemned]" (PCPCU 24). ~- A mutual condemnation regarding
82 App | start from the foundation of a biblically renewed concept
83 App | renewed concept of faith. For a person can certainly lose
84 App | LV. The question whether a Christian “has believed
85 App | Good works are 'merits' as a gift. Although the Reformers
86 App | explicitly excludes any notion of a claim or any false security (
87 App | Council wishes to establish a link with Augustine, who
88 App | righteousness received from God and a deeper communion with Christ. ~- "
89 App | confessions can speak of a preservation of grace and
90 App | preservation of grace and a growth in it. If righteousness
91 App | grant that eternal life is a reward because it is something
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