Sentences with phrase «meaning of justification»

It centered in Luther's discovery of the meaning of justification or forgiveness, and its symbol proved to be Luther, storming about his room in Wittenberg, cursing the God who demands righteousness of men.

In a social context, this is the meaning of justification by faith.

Our discussion was also informed by the superb biblical scholarship of Father Joseph Fitzmyer, whose recent Commentary on Romans illuminates the Pauline meaning of justification:

Catholics and Lutherans differed on the meaning of justification and the Eucharist.

I may agree with you there to some degree, but I do think 1 Cor 15 makes a definite distinction), as the means of Justification salvation (I would quantify belief here, as the agreement of the fact of Jesus death for ones own personal sins (Understanding one is a sinner and needs a savior) on the cross, That he was buried, and was raised to life on the third day).

These «references» are easy to find, you need to realise the meaning of the justifications made however, not try to rationalise them as some philosophical expression of a «moral dilemma».

Not exact matches

To paraphrase Bozzo, good films will end up being seen and their creators will benefit one way or another, which means some TIFF aficionados will have to think of new justifications for subjecting themselves to its many inconveniences.

The presence of mean - spirited conservatives (especially very outspoken ones like Rush Limbaugh) are a poor justification for this «well he started it!»

That meant making sure he could argue his point with various justifications and interpretations of the text.

At a meeting in the fall of 1996, it was determined that further progress depended upon firm agreement on the meaning of salvation, and especially the doctrine of justification.

Rather, sola fide meant that the work is not part of initial justification; that is by grace alone.

But that this should be interpreted as freedom from religion, and used as a means of sealing our culture against the imparting of religious knowledge, has no justification in fact.

This chapter and the two that follow, on gratitude, trust, and justification, are attempts to make real for our situation aspects of the historic meaning of grace.

It is part of that «area of freedom» which has its own justification, The writings of two theologians — Sam Keen and Jürgen Moltmann examine play as a way to celebrate life or a way to change the world, both making play a means to an end.

The Jewish legal system, now left behind, had once been the means by obedience to which he had sought «justification»; now faith — the whole - hearted self - committal of a man to Jesus Christ by which the entire personality is transformed — is the sole ground of any one's acceptance with God.

«Salvation» is a term that means a myriad of things in Scripture, and statistically, less than 1 % of them refers to eternal life or justification.

The justification for such a method would be that it commends itself by making some sense out of the meaning of the love of God and the loves of men.

It is important to realize, however, that this pragmatic justification of CE underwrites only its general reliability at best and by no means guarantees its universal infallibility Even if generally reliable because of its survival value, it is quite possible that on a particular occasion an experience of CE via «withness of the body» might be misleading, illusive, or even delusive.14

But I'm not sure about just ditching the idea of a vision that the Body has (I'm talking local church)... I mean, although I want sometimes to ditch it, I can't find justification in Scripture.

If Heidegger's project was never intended to build a conception of God, and certainly it was not, it at least establishes the philosophical justification for thinking that we, as authentic human beings, have at our disposal the means by which to do so.

A stronger meaning of empiricism seems to be expressed by Whitehead's statement that «the elucidation of immediate experience is the sole justification for any thought» (PR 4/6).

We can, of course, say, with perfect justification, that this redirection is a restoration of them to what they are meant to be.

Because a phrase like «totalitarian evangelicalism» has a frightening ring to it, I will distinguish it from those «goods» and «partial goods» — which have some justification in the facts of life and human nature — by explaining what I do not mean by it.

The justification of premarital sex experimentation as a means of preparation for marriage and as a test of sexual compatibility for prospective mates is a rationalization for license and self - indulgence.

In accordance with the root of the Greek word Katallaso, it means «to make other» or renew Reconciliation is more than justification: it makes us friends instead of enemies, new human beings.

3; also «The Meaning and Justification of Religious Symbols», in Sidney Hook (ed.)

So if you use a Greek Bible Dictionary written by a Calvinist and compare it to a Greek Bible Dictionary written by a Catholic, you will get some very different definitions of what is meant by the word «justification.»

Only learning of this kind can truly be called liberal, and only it can provide a context of ample justification, motives, and meaning for vocational pursuits.

Religion is described as the «moral sanction», the «solemn completion», and the «universal ground for consolation and justification» for this world.12 This means religion is an integral part of this perverted world, and not simply the perverted consciousness belonging to it.

Justification is central to the scriptural account of salvation, and its meaning has been much debated between Protestants and Catholics.

Why believe in real truth - that actually confronts the deep multiplicity of what it means to be human, and actually change your life - when you can believe in your own shallow truth that simply adds to one's self - justification and denial of reality, and remain the way you are?

Justification by faith in the realm of justice means that we will not regard the pressures and counterpressures, the tensions, the overt and covert conflicts by which justice is achieved and maintained as normative in the absolute sense; but neither will we ease our conscience by seeking to escape from involvement in them.

And it was this doctrine, in turn based on the doctrine of justification by faith, which made it possible for Luther and Calvin to say what it means to live the Christian life of service to the God of love in the midst of the tragic necessities of this world.16

I mean if God did well enough to see fit to install this perfect plan called salvation before the foundation of man, that who so ever believes that Jesus took not only one for the team or mankind but all of the sins of mankind upon Himself, that in this gift provides freedom liberty and justification?

There is an earthquake going on right now in theology surrounding the issues of justification, the violence of God, the nature of the Kingdom of Heaven, and what it means to be the church — the people of God in this world.

As Timothy George wrote in his introduction to «The Gift of Salvation» in the December 1997 issue of Christianity Today: «We rejoice that our Roman Catholic interlocutors have been able to agree with us that the doctrine of justification set forth in this document agrees with what the Reformers meant by justification by faith alone (sola fide)... [But] this still does not resolve all the differences between our two traditions on this crucial matter.»

They think his view that standards of truth and of rational justification in the contexts of diverse practices and inquiries means he has little defense against relativism.

Any positio - taking from outside could only be an expression of a theological opinion (which, yes, means an explanation of interpretation and justifications thereof of particular passages).

That claim is challenged by the reality that the overwhelming majority of Christians in the world, who are in the broadest sense the ecclesia, have never heard of «justification by faith alone,» and most who have heard of it have not the foggiest notion of what it means.

But once a pertinent change of character has been obtained, Hartshorne feels that further punishment of a particular man is ethically unjustified — even though it may have some political justification as society's best means of appeasing the anger of those who have been victimized by the «guilty party.

Ultimately, of course, the real justification for dismissing the significance of the lie is that the end justifies the means.

Justification by grace signifies God's unconditional, unmerited, radical acceptance of the whole person: God, the Cosmic Lover, graciously embraces not just a person's disembodied spirit but the whole fleshly self — the meanings of which theology is only beginning to explore.

God justifies us by beginning a new history; therefore every attempt at self - justification violates the meaning of love.

Perry Miller once said that Protestantism has always had difficulty in preventing the doctrine of justification by faith from being interpreted as meaning justification by ignorance.

The concepts «morality» and «moral development,» however much meaning and justification they may have in other connections, are excluded for Jesus, because he sees man in the crisis of decision, and because for him the concepts «good» and «bad» depend upon the will of God.

The meaning of life, the justification of sacrificial love, the redemption of tragedy, the meaningfulness of history, and the resolution of whatever paradoxes there be, are «now.»

Or will we use something meant to set us free as justification of material gain?

I especially love how she says the following as if it's meant to be a justification of her position: «Biblical patriarchs and kings violate nearly every one of these commandments.»

(To what extent is this temptation the obverse of a temptation, characteristic of a straight, middle - class life style, to become all - responsible as a means of self - justification?)

However, this does not mean that Luther taught a «Doctrine of Justification by Print Alone,» to quote A. G. Dickens» sardonic quip.