Lecture 7: The Doctrine of Salvation, contd. Flashcards
How did Augustine see justification and righteousness as being related?
Justification imparts righteousness (makes us righteous).
For Augustine, what happens in subsequent justification?
We participate in our justification by participating in the sacraments, attending church, being obedience, etc.
Define imputation.
“To reckon to” or “to charge to one’s account”.
Define sanctification.
The process by which we are made holy and conformed into Christ’s image. With our cooperation, we are made to be more like Christ.
Define simul justus et peccator.
Luther’s phrase - “simultaneously justified and a sinner.”
Define perseverance.
The ongoing work of the Spirit in preserving a Christian’s faith and sanctifying the Christian until the completion of the process in final glorification.
How did Calvin view justification?
He agreed with Luther about the imputing of righteousness, but stressed that we participate in this (foreign to us) righteousness through our connection with Christ.
Give the difference between the Remonstrants’ and Arminius’s understanding of perseverence.
Remonstrants believed that Christians could lose their salvation, but Arminius doubted this (since God only provides grace to believe to those who he foresaw would accept).
What term did Augustine use that is almost synonymous with a reformed understanding of sanctification?
Subsequent justification
How did Luther see justification and righteousness as being related?
Justification imputes righteousness (declares us righteous).
Give Augustine’s two stages of justification.
Initial and subsequent justification
What did Calvin believe about perseverence?
Those who fall away from the faith were never truly believers.
Define justification.
To be put into a right relationship with God.
