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1 Pre (2) | doctrinarum", Weimar Edition of Luther's Works (WA), 39,
2 Pre (4) | Report of the Joint Lutheran-Roman
3 Pre, 3 | UU. y The Condemnations of the Reformation Era - Do
4 1 (10)| 122-147. At the request of the US dialogue on justification,
5 1 (10)| pp.124-180. The results of this study were summarized
6 5 (21)| Condemnations of the Reformation Era,27.
7 Anex | Commentsof the Joint Committee of the United Evangelical Lutheran
8 Anex | Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany and the LWF German
9 Anex | document "The Condemnations of the Reformation Era. Do
10 Anex | Promoting Christian Unity of the Study "Lehrverurteilungen -
11 Anex | USA).~The Condemnations of the Reformation Era. Do
12 Anex | forensically conceived picture of justification is of major
13 Anex | picture of justification is of major importance for Paul
14 Anex | biblical or Pauline way of representing God's saving
15 Anex | structures, and theologies of the church by the extent
16 Anex | hinder 'the proclamation of God's free and merciful
17 Anex | the Reformation doctrine of justification by faith alone,
18 Anex | out his saving gifts. All of us in this dialogue affirm
19 Anex | to foster 'the obedience of faith' (Rom. 1:5) in God'
20 Anex | Spirit, for the salvation of the faithful and the praise
21 Anex | and the praise and honor of the heavenly Father" (USA,
22 Anex | that reason, the doctrine of justification - and, above
23 Anex | from the forgiving love of God, which we merely allow
24 Anex | postconditions. The doctrine of justification therefore
25 Anex | particular interpretation of our relationship to God
26 Anex | to God can claim the name of 'Christian.' At the same
27 Anex | the fact that the doctrine of justification is significant
28 Anex | component within the whole of our church's teaching, but
29 Anex | whole doctrine and practice of our churches, is - from
30 Anex | from a Lutheran point of view - fundamental progress
31 Anex | Catholics, the doctrine of justification has a different
32 Anex | status in the hierarchy of truth; but both sides agree
33 Anex | agree that the doctrine of justification has its specific
34 Anex | particular interpretation of our relationship to God
35 Anex | to God can claim the name of ‘Christian’. At the same
36 Anex | criteriological significance of the doctrine of justification
37 Anex | significance of the doctrine of justification for sacramentology,
38 Anex | which is the free gift of God's grace. Even the beginnings
39 Anex | grace. Even the beginnings of justification, for example,
40 Anex | not a 'work.' The response of faith is itself brought
41 Anex | through the uncoercible word of promise which comes to human
42 Anex | teaching construes the relation of God to his human creatures
43 Anex | monergism' or the sole efficacy of Christ in such a way, that
44 Anex | person's willing acceptance of God's grace - which is itself
45 Anex | which is itself a gift of God - has no essential role
46 Anex | emphasis on the passivity of human beings concerning
47 Anex | cooperation in the event of justification itself. Justification
48 Anex | Justification is the work of Christ alone, the work of
49 Anex | of Christ alone, the work of grace alone" (VELKD 84,3-
50 Anex | creative and renewing character of God's love; nor does it
51 Anex | understood the 'crediting of Christ's justification'
52 Anex | without effect on the life of the faithful, because Christ'
53 Anex | where there is forgiveness of sins, there is also life
54 Anex | the personal character of grace, and its link with
55 Anex | possession) on the part of the human being - something
56 Anex | 13) sums up in the triad of 'faith, hope, and love'" (
57 Anex | that faith in the sense of the first commandment always
58 Anex | nothing prior to the free gift of faith merits justification
59 Anex | justification and that all of God's saving gifts come
60 Anex | Christ effected by the word of promise itself. This is
61 Anex | 50). ~- Cf. The Council of Trent, Session 6, Chap.
62 Anex | Consequently, in the process of justification, together
63 Anex | together with the forgiveness of sins a person receives,
64 Anex | hope and charity" (Decrees of the Ecumenical Councils,
65 Anex | God, so that the renewal of the human being, without
66 Anex | justification and sanctification, of faith and works, which however
67 Anex | emphasizing that the renewal of the human being does not '
68 Anex | compelled to stress the renewal of the human being through
69 Anex | justifying grace, for the sake of acknowledging God's newly
70 Anex | the personal character of grace, and its link with
71 Anex | itself and that 'the renewal of the human being does not
72 Anex | the sins that are those of daily existence. What is
73 Anex | Concupiscence and other effects of original and personal sin,
74 Anex | contradiction to God ..object of the lifelong struggle against
75 Anex | question is how to speak of sin with regard to the justified
76 Anex | without limiting the reality of salvation. While Lutherans
77 Anex | which expresses the teaching of the Christian as 'being
78 Anex | Catholics think the reality of salvation can only be maintained
79 Anex | denying the sinful character of concupiscence. With regard
80 Anex | reference to Canons 19f. of the Council of Trent VELKD (
81 Anex | Canons 19f. of the Council of Trent VELKD (89,28-36) says
82 Anex | follows: "The ten commandments of course apply to Christians
83 Anex | as stated in many places of the confessions. If Canon
84 Anex | to keep the commandments of God,' this does not apply
85 Anex | power only on condition of keeping the commandments
86 Anex | Concerning the reference of the Canon regarding the
87 Anex | regarding the commandments of the church, there is no
88 Anex | commandments are only expressions of the commandments of God;
89 Anex | expressions of the commandments of God; otherwise it would
90 Anex | the 'convicting function' of the law which is important
91 Anex | live before God in spite of their weakness, and with
92 Anex | foundation and the point of departure (of the Reformers)..
93 Anex | the point of departure (of the Reformers)..are: the
94 Anex | reliability and sufficiency of God's promise, and the power
95 Anex | s promise, and the power of Christ's death and resurrection;
96 Anex | LV:E 56). ~- The Council of Trent also emphasizes that "
97 Anex | divine mercy on account of Christ;" and that we must
98 Anex | must not doubt "the mercy of God, the merit of Christ
99 Anex | mercy of God, the merit of Christ and the power and
100 Anex | and the power and efficacy of the sacraments; so it is
101 Anex | his own weakness and lack of dispositions, to be anxious
102 Anex | fearful about his own state of grace" (Council of Trent,
103 Anex | state of grace" (Council of Trent, Session 6, chapter
104 Anex | personally the objective efficacy of the absolution pronounced
105 Anex | pronounced in the sacrament of penance, which comes 'from
106 Anex | assurance on the forgiveness of God uttered in the absolution ..
107 Anex | uncertain - that the assurance of forgiveness is not a security
108 Anex | forgiveness is not a security of forgiveness (securitas);
109 Anex | look only to Christ's word of forgiveness" (LV:E 54f).~- "
110 Anex | in the objective reality of Christ's promise, 'whatsoever
111 Anex | believers on the specific word of absolution from sins. ...
112 Anex | Christ alone and his word of forgiveness [is not to be
113 Anex | regarding the understanding of the assurance of salvation "
114 Anex | understanding of the assurance of salvation "can even less
115 Anex | start from the foundation of a biblically renewed concept
116 Anex | biblically renewed concept of faith. For a person can
117 Anex | self-commitment to God and his word of promise. But if he believes
118 Anex | is unreliable in his word of promise. In this sense it
119 Anex | faith is the assurance of salvation" (LV:E 56).~-
120 Anex | reference to the concept of faith of Vatican II see
121 Anex | to the concept of faith of Vatican II see Dogmatic
122 Anex | no. 5: "'The obedience of faith' ... must be given
123 Anex | offering 'the full submission of intellect and will to God
124 Anex | the certitude (certitudo) of faith which looks alone
125 Anex | excludes the possibility of earning grace - that is,
126 Anex | bases the earning or merit of eternal life on the gift
127 Anex | eternal life on the gift of grace itself, through membership
128 Anex | explicitly excludes any notion of a claim or any false security (
129 Anex | who introduced the concept of merit, in order to express
130 Anex | express the responsibility of human beings, in spite of
131 Anex | of human beings, in spite of the 'bestowed' character
132 Anex | the 'bestowed' character of good works" (LV:E 66). ~-
133 Anex | understand the language of "cause" in Canon 24 in more
134 Anex | it is done in chapter 16 of the Decree on Justification,
135 Anex | Justification, where the idea of communion with Christ is
136 Anex | done in the first sentence of the second paragraph of
137 Anex | of the second paragraph of 4.7: growth in grace, perseverance
138 Anex | connection with the true sense of the biblical term 'wage'
139 Anex | the confessions can speak of a preservation of grace
140 Anex | speak of a preservation of grace and a growth in it.
141 Anex | compared with it the works of Christians are only 'fruits'
142 Anex | that is owed - not because of our merits but because of
143 Anex | of our merits but because of the promise'" (VELKD 94,
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