Good works as fruit
Cammenga argues that good works must be understood primarily as fruits of faith rather than as conscious human actions that merit or increase justification, directly countering what he sees as a departure from Reformed doctrine. The article defends the traditional Reformed position against interpretations that minimize the fruit metaphor, warning that such views risk adopting Roman Catholic error regarding the role of works in salvation. This is a defense of classical Protestant Reformed theology on the nature and function of good works in the Christian life.
Good works as fruit In the Standard Bearer article "Of free will and thus of human powers" of November 15, 2020, Prof. R. Cammenga stated: In this paragraph, the SHC [Second Helvetic Confession] makes plain that good works are not to be viewed only ever as fruit and nothing but fruit -- fruit that in a sort of automatic and mysterious way simply appears in the life of the regenerate. But fruit is not the only way in which Scripture speaks of good works. Good works are not only fruit,...
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