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 1 Pre,  1  |          of the sixteenth century. It was held to be the "first
 2 Pre   (3)|                                    It should be noted that some
 3 Pre,  2  |       special status. Consequently it has also from the beginning
 4 Pre,  5  |           through faith in Christ. It does not cover all that
 5 Pre,  5  |       teaches about justification; it does encompass a consensus
 6 Pre,  6  |         appendix of sources shows, it makes repeated reference
 7   1,  10 |            21). In Christ he makes it our righteousness (2 Cor
 8   1,  10 |        this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God - not
 9   1,  11 |          of the law (Gal 3:10-14). It is acceptance into communion
10   1,  11 |         coming kingdom (Rom 5:1f). It unites with Christ and with
11   1,  11 |            resurrection (Rom 6:5). It occurs in the reception
12   1,  12 |            fear and trembling; for it is God who is at work in
13   3,  14 |     statements are compatible with it. ~
14   3,  17 |           saving action in Christ: it tells us that as sinners
15   3,  18 |        this message and explicates it, is more than just one part
16   3,  18 |        part of Christian doctrine. It stands in an essential relation
17   3,  18 |  internally related to each other. It is an indispensable criterion
18   4,  19 |   Lutherans confess this together, it is true to say:~
19   4,  22 |   Lutherans confess this together, it is true to say that: ~
20   4,  24 |           grace always brings with it a gift of new life, which
21   4,  25 |           justification nor merits it. ~
22   4,  26 |           s act is a new creation, it affects all dimensions of
23   4,  26 |      renewal of life proceeds, for it comes forth from the love
24   4,  27 |          the word and believers in it. The justification of sinners
25   4,  29 |            of the merit of Christ. It no longer is a sin that "
26   4,  29 |           rules" the Christian for it is itself "ruled" by Christ
27   4,  30 |       design for humanity and that it is objectively in contradiction
28   4,  30 |      separate themselves from God, it is not enough to return
29   4,  31 |          resurrection has overcome it as a way to salvation. We
30   5,  43 |    teachings of our churches. Here it must prove itself. In this
31   5,  43 |          justification and to make it bear fruit in the life and
32 App      |         Bible as a whole, although it is by no means the only
33 App      | affirmation" (USA, no. 157; cf. 4) it is said: ~- "This affirmation,
34 App      |      Christian'. At the same time, it becomes the touchstone for
35 App      |          to what has been given to it by its Lord" (LV:E 69). ~- "
36 App      |     dialogue between our churches. It cannot be welcomed enough" (
37 App      |          function in the fact that it is 'the touchstone for testing
38 App      |       Christian". At the same time it becomes the touchstone for
39 App      |          to what has been given to it by its Lord' (LV:E 69).
40 App      |         Both are concerned to make it clear that ... human beings
41 App      |    involved, when the Word touches it and creates faith" (LV:E
42 App      | participation in believing; rather it meant to exclude any cooperation
43 App      |            of God's love; nor does it maintain ..God's impotence
44 App      |        Christ's word achieves what it promises. Accordingly the
45 App      |            with the Word; nor does it maintain ..grace as an objective '
46 App      |           before God. Nevertheless it feels compelled to stress
47 App      |            in Tridentine language, it is 'no longer sin in the
48 App      |           in Lutheran phraseology, it is peccatum regnatum, 'controlled
49 App      |            God' and thus qualifies it as sin" (VELKD 82,29-39). ~
50 App      |          and the consequences from it have to be understood on
51 App      |     commandments of God; otherwise it would apply to us." ~- The
52 App      |        Trent also emphasizes that "it is necessary to believe
53 App      |     efficacy of the sacraments; so it is possible for anyone,
54 App      |         should avert our eyes from it and take seriously, practically,
55 App      |            turn his eyes away from it, and should look only to
56 App      |          of promise. In this sense it is true today also that -
57 App      |      security (cap. 16: DS 1548f). It is evident ..that the Council
58 App      |            more personal terms, as it is done in chapter 16 of
59 App      |      Catholic doctrine on merit as it is done in the first sentence
60 App      |            received but to live in it ..Thus the confessions can
61 App      |           of grace and a growth in it. If righteousness in Canon
62 App      |       understood in the sense that it affects human beings, then
63 App      |         affects human beings, then it does not strike to us. But
64 App      |     Christian's acceptance by God, it strikes to us; for this
65 App      |      always perfect; compared with it the works of Christians
66 App      |           life is a reward because it is something that is owed -