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Justification by Faith – Sola fides numquam sola
Ivan Macut
orcid.org/0000-0001-8343-8902
; Collegio internazionale "Antonianum"
Sažetak
In this paper we want through five key theological terms
clarify the Protestant doctrine of justification by faith. The first
term hominem iustificari fide aims to describe how need to
understand the concept of faith. Ferrario believes that faith is
not to be understood as a set of doctrines (fides quae creditur),
it is not a dogmatic contents of faith, but faith is the work of
God›s Word. It is a substantive and psychological aspect, but
faith is not completely the content and psychology. Simul iustus
et peccator says that the man is entirely just and fully sinner.
Event of justification is inseparable from the Word of God in
faith. Specifically, Protestants hold that the only word that is
received in faith can actually identify good deeds if they are
the fruit of justification. Man‘s love can be recognized as such
only by the word of faith. Third term natura peccati est non velle
esse peccatum teaches that sin and evil can be recognized only
in faith. Just a word of God can identify sinner and sin. Just
by that Word can call sin by its proper name, and in this way
it is properly characterized. Solus Christus means that Christ
marks the end of the belief that the man can with his forces and with good works co-operatively with God and to provide
access to the same God. For Christians, Jesus Christ is the
center of time and history, which occurred in the past and it›s
historically accessible. For Christians, the center has already
been achieved, but the end is still to come. Finally, the term sola
fides numquam sola says that man›s work is not participating or
cooperating with God or in his or in justification of another man.
Good works do not contribute in any way a justification. Faith
alone justifies because it recognizes that God himself has acted
in Jesus Christ and we are once recognized by God and justified.
However, aware of the justified sinner begins to do good for the
world in which he lives and for another man not to justify or
achieve salvation, because it is God in Jesus Christ has already
done it in a perfect way, but we, as justified sinners from love to
God and other man, are doing good.
Ključne riječi
justification by faith; Jesus Christ; sola fides; grace
Hrčak ID:
99457
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Datum izdavanja:
2.4.2013.
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