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 1   1, 8|             así como la "justicia" (Is 46:13; 51:5-8; 56:1; cf.
 2 Anex  |            picture of justification is of major importance for
 3 Anex  |             as a whole, although it is by no means the only biblical
 4 Anex  |             USA, no. 157; cf. 4) it is said:~- "This affirmation,
 5 Anex  |             because its counterpart is 'Christ alone' (solus Christus).
 6 Anex  |           solus Christus). He alone is to be ultimately trusted
 7 Anex  |           the church. That function is continually to remind Christians
 8 Anex  |           doctrine of justification is significant not only as
 9 Anex  |           practice of our churches, is - from a Lutheran point
10 Anex  |        function in the fact that it is "the touchstone for testing
11 Anex  |          merit justification, which is the free gift of God's grace.
12 Anex  |        endeavors ... But a response is not a 'work.' The response
13 Anex  |               The response of faith is itself brought about through
14 Anex  |             that in faith the heart is involved, when the Word
15 Anex  |   acceptance of God's grace - which is itself a gift of God - has
16 Anex  | justification itself. Justification is the work of Christ alone,
17 Anex  |           Justification, therefore, is not a legal fiction. God,
18 Anex  |        impotence toward a sin which is 'merely' forgiven in justification
19 Anex  |             justification but which is not truly abolished in its
20 Anex  |          power ... 'for where there is forgiveness of sins, there
21 Anex  |          forgiveness of sins, there is also life and salvation'" (
22 Anex  |             God and hope in him and is expressed in the love to
23 Anex  |             of promise itself. This is the ground for the new being,
24 Anex  |             through which the flesh is dead to sin and the new
25 Anex  |       promise. Acceptance in Christ is sufficient, if 'faith' is
26 Anex  |           is sufficient, if 'faith' is understood as 'trust in
27 Anex  |           Jesus Christ into whom he is grafted, all these infused
28 Anex  |       promise in Word and Sacrament is sufficient for righteousness
29 Anex  |   contribute' to justification, and is certainly not a contribution
30 Anex  |            in faith, hope, and love is certainly nothing but a
31 Anex  |           the Word', this renewal ..is certainly nothing but a
32 Anex  |    contribute to justification, and is certainly not a contribution
33 Anex  |            of daily existence. What is more, the Spirit's action
34 Anex  |             Tridentine language, it is 'no longer sin in the real
35 Anex  |            Lutheran phraseology, it is peccatum regnatum, 'controlled
36 Anex  |           LV:E 46).~- "The question is how to speak of sin with
37 Anex  |          considerable rapprochement is reached if LV:E calls the
38 Anex  |           stresses that a 'person ..is bound to keep the commandments
39 Anex  |   commandments of the church, there is no difference between us
40 Anex  |                  The last paragraph is related factually to 4.3,
41 Anex  |          function' of the law which is important to Lutheran thinking.~
42 Anex  |         VELKD 90ff)~- "The question is: How can, and how may, human
43 Anex  |            also emphasizes that "it is necessary to believe that
44 Anex  |            of the sacraments; so it is possible for anyone, while
45 Anex  |            assurance of forgiveness is not a security of forgiveness (
46 Anex  |            his word of forgiveness [is not to be condemned]" (PCPCU
47 Anex  |          same time believe that God is unreliable in his word of
48 Anex  |           promise. In this sense it is true today also that - in
49 Anex  |           in Luther's words - faith is the assurance of salvation" (
50 Anex  |         security (securitas), which is based on the human being,
51 Anex  |      completely on God, whose grace is bestowed through word and
52 Anex  |             of earning grace - that is, justification - (can. 2;
53 Anex  |              cap. 16: DS 1548f). It is evident ...that the Council
54 Anex  |          more personal terms, as it is done in chapter 16 of the
55 Anex  |            of communion with Christ is emphasized, then we can
56 Anex  |             doctrine on merit as it is done in the first sentence
57 Anex  |           that the justified person is responsible not to lose
58 Anex  |           righteousness in Canon 24 is understood in the sense
59 Anex  |          because this righteousness is always perfect; compared
60 Anex  |          Apology where eternal life is described as reward: '...
61 Anex  |             grant that eternal life is a reward because it is something
62 Anex  |         life is a reward because it is something that is owed -
63 Anex  |        because it is something that is owed - not because of our