The Greek family of words characterizing the doctrine of justification by faith (as it is known in English) is most prominent in the writings of the Apostle Paul. It was this doctrine that lay at the heart of the sixteenth-century Reformation; Martin Luther and his followers considered it to be at t...

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Main Author:	Moore, Richard K. 1937- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Eugene, Or Wipf & Stock 2015
Subjects:	Paulus > Apostel, Heiliger B0ible / Epistles of Paul / Criticism, interpretation, etc / History Justification (Christian theology) / Biblical teaching Justification (Christian theology) Geschichte Rechtfertigungslehre
Summary:	The Greek family of words characterizing the doctrine of justification by faith (as it is known in English) is most prominent in the writings of the Apostle Paul. It was this doctrine that lay at the heart of the sixteenth-century Reformation; Martin Luther and his followers considered it to be at the very center of the gospel. Protestants came to understand justification differently from the Catholic Church they had left. Instead of the Catholic realist view, in which God makes a sinner righteous, they came to a forensic understanding, by which God, as judge, declares a sinner righteous. During the nineteenth century a third, relational view began to emerge: it viewed justification as God's gift of a right relationship to a sinner. This monograph examines Paul's concept from three perspectives: the New Testament data; the way the doctrine has developed historically; and how the doctrine has been expressed in English translations of the Scriptures. The author concludes that it is the relational view that most accurately depicts Paul's concept of justification
Item Description:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-206) and indexes
Physical Description:	xii, 221 p. ill. 23 cm
ISBN:	9781498202824