The Impact of the Reformation
“The Reformers’ forensic understanding of justification ... the idea of an immediate divine imputation [of righteousness] renders superfluous the entire Catholic system of the priestly mediation of grace by the Church.” -- (Bruce McCormack, What's at Stake in the Current Debates over Justification, from Husbands and Treier’s “Justification”, pg 82.) If you'd like to submit an article on a topic important to the Reformation, please contact me, johnbugay [at] gmail [dot] com.RSS
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Tag Archives: grace
The Gospel, Immigration, and Racial Reconciliation: Properly Framing the Issues
(I) The Gospel contains unique precepts concerning immigration and racial reconciliation for the civil (not ecclesial) community. (A) If (I), then these precepts … Continue reading
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Tagged gospel, grace, immigration, natural law, racial reconciliation
The Development of Theological Prolegomena
I’ve been posting selections from Richard Muller’s “Post-Reformation Reformed Dogmatics” series here for about six months now. What Muller has reported in earlier chapters is mere overview – in terms of the history and development of Reformed Orthodoxy – have … Continue reading
Posted in John Bugay, Post-Reformation Reformed Dogmatics
Tagged Carolingian era, cathedral schools, grace, historical development, Justification, Medieval Theology, patristic teaching, Post-Reformation, Post-Reformation Reformed Dogmatics, pre-Reformation church, presuppositions, prolegomena, Prolegomena To Theology, Protestant doctrine, Protestantism, Reformed Dogmatics, Reformed Orthodoxy, Richard Muller, sacraments, sententiae
Postmodern Theology and Renewal By Grace
Postmodern theology is diverse, ranging from “postliberal theology” to “deconstructive theology,” and trying to capture its fundamental tenets likely conflicts with what one even does (or can do) with such theology. But one might describe postmodern theology’s fundamental tenet as … Continue reading
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Tagged grace, postmodern theology, postmodernism, reformed theology
Sin
Just how serious is it? And who has the correct understanding of its seriousness? Rome’s view of sin is based on an allegorical interpretation of Luke 10:30, as I describe below, as well as a view of reality provided by … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic Hermeneutics, Church History, Martin Luther, Sin
Tagged Aquinas, grace, Ludwig Ott, natural powers, nature, neoplatonist, Pseudo-Dionysius, religion, sin
Abundance of Grace
Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned—for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not … Continue reading
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Tagged abundance of grace, free gift, grace, Jesus Christ
