William Witt, who blogs at Non Sermoni Res, has written a new article entitled “Anglican Reflections on Justification by Faith.” In it he addresses these seven questions:
1) Is justification by faith a legal fiction? That is, does justification simply leave me as I was before, a totally depraved sinner, but now a sinner whose sin God now overlooks?
2) But doesn’t simul iustus et peccator confirm Catholic suspicions about Luther’s theology of justification?
3) Does justification by faith reflect Nominalist influence on Luther’s theology?
4) What about the radical Lutheran position, and, especially the Law/Gospel hermeneutic?
5) What about the Pietist and liberal Protestant understandings of justification by faith?
6) What about the Lutheran and Roman Catholic agreements on justification by faith?
7) What about the New Perspective on Paul? Does it undermine the Reformation position? Does it change everything?
Comments should be directed to Dr. Witt’s blog.
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