Biblical Catholic Apologetics: A Collection of Essays by Dave Armstrong

Author:Dave Armstrong [Armstrong, Dave]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781300875277
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2004-07-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight: Justification is Not by Faith Alone and is Ongoing

Catholics believe in Jesus Christ and His all-sufficient saving work on the cross (ours to receive by grace alone), just as Protestants do. We only deny an extreme faith alone position (which does not deny grace alone, since they are distinct).

St. Paul opposes grace and/or faith to works in Scripture, only in a particular sense: the “works” of Jewish ritualism by which the Jews gained their unique identity (e.g., circumcision). This is the crux of the new perspective on Paul, by Protestant scholars like James D. G. Dunn, E. P. Sanders, and N. T. Wright.

The Apostle Paul doesn't oppose grace, faith, and works, and in fact, constantly puts them together, in harmony. Here are examples of his thoughts, with the “working together with God's grace” motifs italicized:

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