After 500 years: What about James on justification?
Engelsma commemorates the 500th anniversary of the Reformation by examining the doctrine of justification by faith alone and its contemporary challenges, particularly from the Federal Vision movement within Reformed churches. The article defends the classical Reformed understanding of justification against what the author identifies as a modern heresy promoting justification by faith and works, demonstrating the ongoing relevance of Reformation theology to current ecclesiastical disputes.
Introduction This year, AD 2017, is the 500th anniversary of the onset of the Reformation of the church in 1517. It is, therefore, a historic year, a year of commemoration. Jesus Christ reformed His church by restoring to her the gospel of salvation by grace. Since the very heart of the gospel is the doctrine of justification by faith alone, Christ enlightened and emboldened first the Reformer, Martin Luther, and then all the Reformers, including John Calvin, to see and proclaim justification...
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