Both traditions can appreciate Luther’s famous dictum as a recovery, not a discovery. Five hundred years ago, Martin Luther, an Augustinian monk, famously broke with the Roman Catholic Church, ...
Justification in Catholic soteriology is ongoing, as I discussed in my previous article. One might draw an analogy to the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. He is first received through baptism: “Be ...
In a historic step on the road toward Christian unity, the World Methodist Conference adopted the Catholic-Lutheran joint declaration on justification July 23. The declaration had been previously ...
On Sept. 15, Baptist Pastor Chip Thornton published an article in the Daily Home entitled “Significance of Reformation: What will you say to God?” Thornton wrote the article to explain and insist upon ...
On Monday morning, Pope Benedict XVI received an ecumenical delegation of Finnish Lutherans and Catholics on the Feast of St. Henry, patron saint of Finland. The Holy Father spoke with the group about ...
Our Protestant brethren say that one is justified by faith once for all and not at all by works. Catholics say that initial justification is “monergistic” (not involving our work to attain it) and by ...
Man sins — and is saved. But is he saved through a life of piety and good works, or through abiding faith in Christ as Lord and Savior? The question of justification, which in the theological sense is ...
The Catholic Church in Chile must do everything possible to repair the damage caused by clergy sexual abuse and subsequent cover-up, and accept the decision of the courts investigating cases, the new ...
On Sept. 15, Baptist Pastor Chip Thornton published an article in the Daily Home entitled “Significance of Reformation: What will you say to God?” Thornton wrote the article to explain and insist upon ...
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