Concordia Theological Monthly
Article Title
Publication Date
3-1-1958
Document Type
Article
Keywords
faith, good work, obedience, grace, st. paul, justified, abraham, modern theology, bultmann
Submission Type
Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep
Abstract
The LXX does not afford us much help as we try to understand what St. Paul means by faith, except in one respect, which will be clear later. There is, of course, in the Old Testament the apostle's great example of faith, the patriarch Abraham. The Psalms, moreover, are replete with expressions which are the accents of faith. As Stewart has well said, "The thing itself can be traced everywhere from Genesis to Malachi," and the same writer quite correctly points to Heb. 11 and its many examples of faith drawn from the Old Testament. But the term itself is rather rare. Paul, too, never attempts a definition. However, what the apostle does say about it, the parallel and contrasted ideas with which he brings faith into connection, quite decisively makes the modern view impossible.
Disciplines
Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion
Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)
Romans 3:25-27; Romans 9:30; Romans 10:4-6; Romans 11:6; Galatians 2:16; Galatians 3:10; Galatians 3:21; Philippians 3:9; Romans 3:21-26; Romans 4:2;
Submission Cost
Free
Submission Audience
Laity; Ministers; Scholars
Recommended Citation
Hamann, Henry P. Jr.
(1958)
"Justification by Faith in Modern Theology (Continued),"
Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 29, Article 16.
Available at:
https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol29/iss1/16
