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Concordia Theological Monthly

Publication Date

6-1-1963

Document Type

Article

Keywords

righteousness, justification, calvin, faith, sinner, christian, grace, mercy, reconciliation, judgment, reformation

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

Justification by faith was the great central doctrine of the Reformation, a doctrine which formed the foundation of the entire theological system of Luther and was bequeathed by him to the succeeding generations of Christendom as the great heritage of the Reformation. This doctrine, of course, did not originate with the reformers, but was restored by them to its rightful position as the pivot around which the entire Christian religion revolves - the doctrine which, in a preeminent sense, marks the great cleavage between Christianity and all heathen religions. The unique and distinctive character of Christianity, in contrast with all non-Christian religious systems, consists especially in the doctrine of justification by grace through faith.

Disciplines

Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)

Romans 10:5-9; Romans 3:27; Isaiah 33:14-15; Psalm 130:3;

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

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