The Justification Reader

Author/creator Oden, Thomas C. Author
Format Electronic
Publication InfoGrand Rapids : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Description160 p. 09.000 x 06.000 in.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Twentieth Century Religious Thought, Volume 1: Christianity
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SeriesClassic Christian Reader Ser.
Summary Annotation The Justification Reader sets out the classic Christian teaching of "salvation by grace through faith." Distinguished theologian Thomas C. Oden, well known for retrieving the riches of church tradition, here gathers together the early Christian sources on the theme of justification.Ranging broadly through Christian history and across all branches of the church, Oden cites the writings of such major figures as Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzus, and John Chrysostom in the East and Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine, and Gregory the Great in the West. Although Oden presents all the relevant historical texts on justification, the book also includes his own insightful explication of the doctrine. His work shows that what these church fathers teach on justification was restated almost verbatim by the sixteenth-century Reformers and can still be confessed in good conscience by Christians from every communion. Thus this volume both provides a compendium of a central belief of the faith and demonstrates its ecumenical potential.The first volume in a new series, this book will be an important sourcebook for readers from every tradition.
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LCCN 2002069677
ISBN9780802839664
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