The justification reader

by Oden, Thomas C.

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Full title :The justification reader / Thomas C. Oden.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2002.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):W.B. Eerdmans
Place of Publication:Grand Rapids, Mich
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2002.

The Physical Object

Description:xviii, 163 pages ; : 23 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0802839665, 9780802839664
oclc:ocm49892325
LC Classification:BT764.3
Dewey Decimal:234/.7

Introduction -- The promise -- The heart of the gospel -- A. The special comfort of God's free grace -- The unique blessing of justification -- Basic definitions -- B. The centrality of justification in Christian teaching -- The decisive baseline of evangelical teaching -- Why is it a comforting doctrine? -- The limits of our powers of restitution -- C. Why a justification reader? -- It provides a model for classic Christian reasoning -- Why is justification teaching especially pertinent today? -- Simplicity -- On the genre of the "reader" -- Why have these texts remained shockingly inaccessible elsewhere? -- A welcoming note for Orthodox and Catholic readers -- Part One: Justification -- Chapter One: The ancient fathers on evangelical justification -- A. Typical misconceptions of classic Christian teaching on saving faith -- Peacemaking among the divided faithful -- My simple thesis -- Why the classic Christian consensus is not properly described as either European or Western -- Why this presentation of evidence is so urgently needed amid uncharitable polemics among Evangelicals, liberals, Catholics, and Orthodox today -- How both evangelical and liberal assumptions have tilted t…