“Since that time, despite the many internal disagreements on other questions, there has been among confessional Protestants a remarkably unified doctrine of forensic justification, that is,…
simul iustus et peccator! “In historic Roman Catholic formulations, justification is not an eschatological reality because it hinges upon the believer’s good works (sanctification). A person…
simul iustus et peccator: at once righteous and a sinner; Luther’s characterization of the believer justified by grace through faith. Since faith, not works, is the…