Reformed Orthodoxy on Imputation: Active and Passive Justification
The doctrine of imputation is common to Early Modern Lutheran and Reformed theology, but Reformed orthodox theologians employed the distinction between the active and passive justification of the believer. Active justification is the objective imputation of Christ’s righteousness and passive justifi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sciendo, De Gruyter
2016
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Perichoresis
Year: 2016, Volume: 14, Issue: 3, Pages: 61-80 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KDD Protestant Church NBM Doctrine of Justification |
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Imputation
active justification
passive justification
justification
union with Christ
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| Summary: | The doctrine of imputation is common to Early Modern Lutheran and Reformed theology, but Reformed orthodox theologians employed the distinction between the active and passive justification of the believer. Active justification is the objective imputation of Christ’s righteousness and passive justification is the subjective reception of the same. This distinction is a unique contribution in Reformed orthodox dogmatics and was used in polemics against Roman Catholic, Arminian, and Socinian theologians. This essay also compares Reformed orthodox formulations with Lutheran orthodox understandings of how they preserved the extra nos of Christ’s righteousness in justification. The Reformed orthodox employed the active-passive justification distinction in conjunction with the decree and the doctrine of the covenant of redemption, whereas the Lutheran orthodox logically placed justification first in the order of salvation. Both groups maintain the extra nos of Christ’s imputed righteousness but do so in different ways. |
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| ISSN: | 2284-7308 |
| Contains: | In: Perichoresis
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/perc-2016-0016 |