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Josiah
I've seen, in certain posts, use of the term "Justification (narrow)" as well as statements prefaced by "The Lutheran view/Luther's view on...'XYZ'". These statements are followed by significantly long posts outlining a specific POV that you have identified as the "Lutheran/Luther's...
Perhaps the intent of some is to run roughshod over historic Apostolic faith, but to attribute this to us "having our very own bibles" at the expense of relying on strict word of Priests/Bishops/Elders is a bit of a stretch. Luther might have been wrong about many things, but were it not for the...
For some of the Reformation it would cause issues. Faith alone would not be faith alone (in the opinion of some) any longer. It would turn into some issue of "works righteousness", when I don't think that's what the passage has in mind.
Imo (and mine alone), might it make more sense that Reformation Christians (this one, anyway, as I can speak for myself) would look to Christ who is present? Yes, we find significance in the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ (past), but our hope is in a Christ who is also present and...
What i'd try to say in a not-so-nice way last evening (my apologies) is that no-one has put forward works apart from Christ. Righteous works are what we do IN Christ. Enabled BY Him for His glory.
And (from what I can gather from early in the thread) the RCC position would be that these works...
Are you even reading what's being written??!!
For goodness sake, read what he wrote. This is just getting silly.
I agree. Intellectual dishonesty and misrepresentation bugs me to no end.