Justification and Salvation

John Calvin: co-originator of sola fide

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C O N T E N T S
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GENERAL

THE GOSPEL

"FAITH ALONE" ( SOLA FIDE) AND IMPUTED JUSTIFICATION: CRITIQUES

GRACE

MERIT AND THE PELAGIAN CHARGE

PREDESTINATION, FOREKNOWLEDGE, FREE WILL, AND THE FALL

GENERAL

Justification: "Faith Apart From Works is Barren" (now included only in my book A Biblical Defense of Catholicism) 67K

Bible Conversations: Catholic-Protestant Dialogues on the Bible, Tradition, and Salvation (book by Dave Armstrong; available for purchase)

Biblical Overview of Justification and Salvation 28K

N.T. Wright: Rutherford House Lecture on St. Paul (With My Reactions) (blog)

Refutation of Atheists' Alleged Biblical "Contradictions" Concerning Salvation and Supposed Annihilationism and Universalism (Dave Armstrong vs. Dr. Ted Drange) 138K

Dialogue On Salvation After Death (Dave Armstrong vs. Sogn Mill-Scout)

Dialogue on Hell and the "Conditional" Possibility of Universalism (blog; extensive discussion on BlogBack)

Preliminary Replies to Atheists' Questions About Christianity (Particularly the Trinity and Salvation) (Dave Armstrong vs. Dr. Ted Drange) 41K

Council of Trent: Canons on Justification 11K

Mortal vs. Venial Sin 3K

The Age of Reason (Children) 2K

Martin Luther's Doctrine Concerning Good Works: Have I Misrepresented It? 24K

Meditations and Dialogues on The Passion of the Christ and its Cultural and Ecumenical Effects (Dave Armstrong with Kevin D. Johnson and P. Andrew Sandlin -- both Reformed Protestants, and Dr. James White) 97K

S. Joel Garver's On The "Catholic Question"(blog; further discussion on BlogBack) (Excerpts with Commentary by Dave Armstrong)

"The Prayer of a Righteous Man Availeth Much" (James 5:16: KJV): What Does It Mean? Dialogue With a Lutheran (Dave Armstrong vs. Stuart Floyd)
 


EXTERNAL LINKS

Justification by Christ Alone (Jimmy Akin)
Justification in Catholic Teaching (Jimmy Akin)
Infused Righteousness (Church Fathers; ed. Joe Gallegos)
"Born Again" in the Fathers (Church Fathers; ed. Phil Porvaznik)
"Born Again" in the Fathers (Church Fathers; ed. Joe Gallegos)

THE GOSPEL

Good News: An Evangelical / Catholic Presentation of the Gospel Message 26K

The Gospel, as Preached by the First Christians 20K

Love's Pure Light, Burning Bright  (evangelical/catechetical poem)

What is the Gospel?

Galatians and the Gospel

"How Do Catholics Hear The Gospel?" (Gary Michuta) 14K

The Lighthouse Gospel and Basic Christianity Page

Assurance of Instant Salvation / Salvation as a Process 4K

Catholic Exegesis of Biblical Passages Allegedly Suggesting Absolute Assurance of Salvation 39K

"Certainty" of Eternal Life? (1 John 5:13 and John 5:24) 15K

S. Joel Garver's On The "Catholic Question"(blog; further discussion on BlogBack) (Excerpts with Commentary by Dave Armstrong)

"FAITH ALONE" ( SOLA FIDE) AND IMPUTED JUSTIFICATION: CRITIQUES

Bible Conversations: Catholic-Protestant Dialogues on the Bible, Tradition, and Salvation (book by Dave Armstrong; available for purchase)

Fictional Dialogue on Justification and Salvation 7K

Reflections on "Faith and Works" and Initial Justification 36K

Is Sola Fide (Faith Alone) a Legitimate Development of Patristic and Augustinian Soteriology? 15K

Lutheranism vs. Catholicism (Particularly Regarding Original Sin and Faith Alone, and Including Extensive Catholic Commentary on the Book of Concord) 49K

The Interpretation and Exegesis of Romans 2-4 (Justification and Works of the Law) (Includes Very Extensive Patristic Commentary and Definitional Citations from three Protestant Bible Dictionaries) 29K

Was Corruption in the Medieval Papacy the Primary Cause of the Protestant Revolt? 44K

"Apostate" Churches, Deceptive Catholics, and Desperate Judgment Day Pleas: My Non-Encounter With Protestant Apologist Matt Slick 115K

2 Corinthians 5:21: Was Jesus Christ Literally Made Sin on the Cross? Did He Suffer the Horrors of Damnation? Luther and Calvin vs. the Church Fathers 29K

Dialogue on Justification in James 26K

Commentary on Romans 1:1-3 and Dialogue on Related Issues of Justification 18K

1 Corinthians 3:9 and Man's Cooperation With God 11K

Assurance of Instant Salvation / Salvation as a Process 4K

Catholic Exegesis of Biblical Passages Allegedly Suggesting Absolute Assurance of Salvation 39K

"Certainty" of Eternal Life? (1 John 5:13 and John 5:24) 15K

Martin Luther's Doctrine Concerning Good Works: Have I Misrepresented It? 24K

Dialogue: "Doing Something" for Salvation (Dave Armstrong vs. Craig Kott)

Revised Fundamentalist Baptist Version (RFBV) (blog)

S. Joel Garver's On The "Catholic Question"(blog; further discussion on BlogBack) (Excerpts with Commentary by Dave Armstrong)

"The Prayer of a Righteous Man Availeth Much" (James 5:16: KJV): What Does It Mean? Dialogue With a Lutheran (Dave Armstrong vs. Stuart Floyd)
 


EXTERNAL LINKS

Salvation is a Life-Long Process (Art Kelly)
Justification by Faith Alone (Jimmy Akin)
Justification in James 2 (Jimmy Akin)
Salvation Past, Present, and Future (Jimmy Akin)

GRACE
Bible Conversations: Catholic-Protestant Dialogues on the Bible, Tradition, and Salvation (book by Dave Armstrong; available for purchase)

Dialogue on the Biblical Evidence for Infant Baptism and Baptismal Regeneration (Dave Armstrong vs. Jack DisPennett) 173K

1 Corinthians 3:9 and John Calvin's Distorted Understanding of the Council of Trent's Doctrine of Grace 17K
Love's Pure Light, Burning Bright  (evangelical/catechetical poem)

Dialogue on Catholic Soteriology (Specifically Grace) (Dave Armstrong vs. Phillip Johnson) 13K

The "Ransom Theory" of Atonement in the Fathers: Development in the Doctrine of the Work of Christ 20K

Confessional Lutheran, Arminian, and Melanchthonian Soteriology Compared (Are Philip Melanchthon and Arminians Semi-Pelagians?) 94K

EXTERNAL LINKS

Justification by Grace Alone (Jimmy Akin)
Five Reasons Why Paul's Anathemas Against the Judaizers in Galatians 1:8-9 Do Not Apply to Our Roman Catholic Brethren (Dr. Paul Owen [Reformed] )

MERIT AND THE PELAGIAN CHARGE

A Primer on Semi-Pelagianism and Arminianism 13K

Dialogue on the Alleged Semi-Pelagianism of the Catholic Catechism  25K

Dialogue: Definitions of Christian and Christianity (Dave Armstrong vs. Sogn Mill-Scout) 30K

Merit: Catholic Doctrine vs. Caricature (James McCarthy's Distortions) 12K

1 Corinthians 3:9 and John Calvin's Distorted Understanding of the Council of Trent's Doctrine of Grace 17K

Bible Conversations: Catholic-Protestant Dialogues on the Bible, Tradition, and Salvation (book by Dave Armstrong; available for purchase)

Confessional Lutheran, Arminian, and Melanchthonian Soteriology Compared (Are Philip Melanchthon and Arminians Semi-Pelagians?) 94K

Soteriology and Creation (Man's Cooperation, Pelagianism, Nature and Grace) (Dave Armstrong vs. Peter J. Leithart) (blog)

Dialogue: "Doing Something" for Salvation (Dave Armstrong vs. Craig Kott)

"The Prayer of a Righteous Man Availeth Much" (James 5:16: KJV): What Does It Mean? Dialogue With a Lutheran (Dave Armstrong vs. Stuart Floyd)
 


EXTERNAL LINKS

What the Church Means by "Merit"  (Mark P. Shea)
Orange, Second Council of (529): Canons
Resisting and Cooperating with God (Jimmy Akin)
Five Reasons Why Paul's Anathemas Against the Judaizers in Galatians 1:8-9 Do Not Apply to Our Roman Catholic Brethren (Dr. Paul Owen [Reformed] )
Salvation is Both Faith and Works (Art Kelly)
The Works of the Law (Jimmy Akin)
On Faith and Works (Church Fathers; ed. Joe Gallegos)

PREDESTINATION, FOREKNOWLEDGE, FREE WILL, AND THE FALL

[more philosophically-oriented papers and links on predestination are listed on the Philosophy and Christianity page]

Catholic Predestination (Ludwig Ott) 31K

St. Augustine: Which Christian Body is Closer Theologically to His Teaching?: Reformed Protestants or Present-Day Catholics? 149K

Calvin, Supralapsarianism, and God's Sovereignty 105K

1 Corinthians 3:9 and John Calvin's Distorted Understanding of the Council of Trent's Doctrine of Grace 17K

Total Depravity and the Fall 9K

The Biblical Evidence for Original Sin 12K

Lutheranism vs. Catholicism (Particularly Regarding Original Sin and Faith Alone, and Including Extensive Catholic Commentary on the Book of Concord) 49K

Reflections on Judgment and Sufficient Knowledge for Salvation 19K

Observations on Arminianism 16K

Calvinist Confusion and Contradictions Concerning Election, Valid Baptism, and Whether Catholics are "Brothers in Christ" or Slaves to Satan 25K

"All Have Sinned . . ." (Mary?) 11K

Confessional Lutheran, Arminian, and Melanchthonian Soteriology Compared (Are Philip Melanchthon and Arminians Semi-Pelagians?) 94K

EXTERNAL LINKS

A Tiptoe Through TULIP (Jimmy Akin)
Luther on Free Will (William G. Most)

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Compiled by Dave Armstrong. Thorough URL Revision: 4 March 2004. Updated: 13 June 2005.