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1 Pre, 1 | Lutheran Confessions3 and by the Roman Catholic Church'
2 Pre, 3 | and Justification" (1994)5 by the Lutheran-Roman Catholic
3 Pre, 3 | Commission, "Justification by Faith" (1983)6 of the Lutheran-Roman
4 Pre (5) | Published by the Lutheran World Federation (
5 Pre, 3 | They Still Divide?" (1986)7 by the Ecumenical Working Group
6 Pre, 3 | been officially received by the churches. An important
7 Pre, 5 | understanding of our justification by God's grace through faith
8 Pre, 7 | this Declaration is shaped by the conviction that in their
9 1, 9 | of sinful human beings by God's grace through faith (
10 1 (10)| paras. 26-30; Justification by Faith, paras. 122-147. At
11 1 (10)| Righteousness in the New Testament, by John Reumann, with responses
12 1 (10)| Reumann, with responses by Joseph A. Fitzmyer and Jerome
13 1 (10)| dialogue report Justification by Faith in paras. 139-142.~
14 1, 10 | the righteous will live by faith (Hab 2:4; cf. Gal
15 1, 10 | a sacrifice of atonement by his blood, effective through
16 1, 10 | 3:25; see 3:21-28). "For by grace you have been saved
17 1, 11 | alone, for Christ's sake, by grace, through faith in "
18 1, 12 | 12.The justified live by faith that comes from the
19 1, 12 | from within and without by powers and desires (Rom
20 2, 13 | overcoming that division. By appropriating insights of
21 3, 15 | Father. Together we confess: By grace alone, in faith in
22 3, 15 | our part, we are accepted by God and receive the Holy
23 3, 16 | 16.All people are called by God to salvation in Christ.
24 3, 18 | see themselves as bound by several criteria, they do
25 4, 19 | are incapable of turning by themselves to God to seek
26 4, 19 | or of attaining salvation by their own abilities. Justification
27 4, 19 | Justification takes place solely by God's grace. Because Catholics
28 4, 20 | accepting justification by consenting to God's justifying
29 4, 21 | faith, which is effected by God's Word. [cf. Sources
30 4, 22 | together that God forgives sin by grace and at the same time
31 4, 22 | Christ. When persons come by faith to share in Christ,
32 4, 22 | separated, for persons are by faith united with Christ,
33 4 | 4.3 Justification by Faith and through Grace~
34 4, 25 | that sinners are justified by faith in the saving action
35 4, 25 | action of God in Christ. By the action of the Holy Spirit
36 4, 25 | in God's gracious promise by justifying faith, which
37 4, 26 | brings forth such trust by his creative word. Because
38 4, 26 | doctrine of "justification by faith alone," a distinction
39 4, 27 | and being made righteous by justifying grace, which
40 4, 27 | emphasizes the renewal of life by justifying grace, this renewal
41 4, 29 | for it is itself "ruled" by Christ with whom the justified
42 4, 29 | person who has been born anew by baptism and the Holy Spirit
43 4, 30 | Grateful for deliverance by Christ, they underscore
44 4, 31 | that persons are justified by faith in the gospel "apart
45 4, 31 | apart from works prescribed by the law" (Rom 3:28). Christ
46 4, 31 | has fulfilled the law and by his death and resurrection
47 4, 31 | justified and that Christ has by his teaching and example
48 4, 35 | emphasized in a particular way by the Reformers: in the midst
49 4, 38 | good works, made possible by grace and the working of
50 4, 39 | grace and faith is also held by Lutherans. They do emphasize
51 4, 39 | righteousness as acceptance by God and sharing in the righteousness
52 App | the Augsburg Confession by the Roman Catholic/Lutheran
53 App | Growth in Agreement, edited by Harding Meyer and Lukas
54 App | PCPCU). ~Justification by Faith, Lutherans and Catholics
55 App | they Still Divide? Edited by Karl Lehmann and Wolfhart
56 App | a whole, although it is by no means the only biblical
57 App | theologies of the church by the extent to which they
58 App | doctrine of justification by faith alone, serves as a
59 App | what has been given to it by its Lord" (LV:E 69). ~- "
60 App | what has been given to it by its Lord' (LV:E 69). The
61 App | quotations for 4.3) ~- "By justification we are both
62 App | For 4.3:Justification by Faith and through Grace (
63 App | fellowship with Christ effected by the word of promise itself ..
64 App | but a response effected by God's word itself, and that
65 App | doctrines laid down at Trent and by the Reformers are at one
66 App | salvation can only be maintained by denying the sinful character
67 App | been forgiven, save freely by the divine mercy on account
68 App | who reveals, an obedience by which man entrusts his whole
69 App | assenting to the truth revealed by Him."~- "The Lutheran distinction
70 App | the Christian's acceptance by God, it strikes to us; for
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