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1 ημέρα πριν · The enduring impact of justification by faith and its relevance today (LWI) - When it was signed in Augsburg, Germany, in 1999, the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (JDDJ) was hailed as a milestone in Lutheran-Catholic relations, a document that resolved one of the most divisive and tragic conflicts of the Reformation period.
To illustrate this claim he reviews its impress on a select number of European and North American theologians: Jürgen Moltmann, Hans Schwarz, George Kraus, Douglas John Hall, Donald Bloesch, and David Tracy.
9 Αυγ 2018 · This article explores the social and ethical significance of the Lutheran dogma of justification by faith alone, as understood by Luther himself, and subsequently appearing in the ideas of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
In the course of the 1530s and thereafter, the Lutheran Reformation became in its essence both a theological and a legal reform movement. It struck new balances between law and gospel, rule and equity, order and faith, and structure and spirit.
First, I review and commend their framing of Christian identity in terms of justification and the moral dialogue that such framing opens up. Second, I analyze their account of justice. In this analysis, I show that the way they posit their definition does not meet their own norms for the church’s moral dialogue.
Reumann outlines the historical hardening of theological categories between Lutherans and Catholics arising out of the Reformation doctrine of justification by faith, and the convergence toward a common understanding on justification and related doctrines through Lutheran-Catholic dialogues over the past thirty years.
Their explanations of concepts such as justification by grace, the relationship between grace and works, Luther’s “Two Kingdoms” theory, and his understanding of the sacraments are solid. These provide a sound foundation for their approach to politics and faith in the public square.
