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teachmeolord
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What is a simple biblical definition of Justification?
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onemangang
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justification, theology of
The process of a sinner becoming justified or made right with God. As defined by the Council of Trent, “Justification is the change from the condition in which a person is born as a child of the first Adam into a state of grace and adoption among the children of God through the Second Adam, Jesus Christ our Savior” (Denzinger 1524). On the negative side, justification is a true removal of sin, and not merely having one’s sins ignored or no longer held against the sinner by God. On the positive side it is the supernatural sanctification and renewal of a person who thus becomes holy and pleasing to God and an heir of heaven.
The Catholic Church identifies five elements of justification, which collectively define its full meaning. The primary purpose of justification is the honor of God and of Christ; its secondary purpose is the eternal life of mankind. The main efficient cause or agent is the mercy of God; the main instrumental cause is the sacrament of baptism, which is called the “sacrament of faith” to spell out the necessity of faith for salvation. And that which constitutes justification or its essence is the justice of God, “not by which He is just Himself, but by which He makes us just,” namely sanctifying grace.
Depending on the sins from which a person is to be delivered, there are different kinds of justification. An infant is justified by baptism and the faith of the one who requests or confers the sacrament. Adults are justified for the first time either by personal faith, sorrow for sin and baptism, or by the perfect love of God, which is at least an implicit baptism of desire. Adults who have sinned gravely after being justified can receive justification by sacramental absolution or perfect contrition for their sins. (Etym. Latin justus, just + facere, to make, do: justificatio.)
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The process of a sinner becoming justified or made right with God. As defined by the Council of Trent, “Justification is the change from the condition in which a person is born as a child of the first Adam into a state of grace and adoption among the children of God through the Second Adam, Jesus Christ our Savior” (Denzinger 1524). On the negative side, justification is a true removal of sin, and not merely having one’s sins ignored or no longer held against the sinner by God. On the positive side it is the supernatural sanctification and renewal of a person who thus becomes holy and pleasing to God and an heir of heaven.
The Catholic Church identifies five elements of justification, which collectively define its full meaning. The primary purpose of justification is the honor of God and of Christ; its secondary purpose is the eternal life of mankind. The main efficient cause or agent is the mercy of God; the main instrumental cause is the sacrament of baptism, which is called the “sacrament of faith” to spell out the necessity of faith for salvation. And that which constitutes justification or its essence is the justice of God, “not by which He is just Himself, but by which He makes us just,” namely sanctifying grace.
Depending on the sins from which a person is to be delivered, there are different kinds of justification. An infant is justified by baptism and the faith of the one who requests or confers the sacrament. Adults are justified for the first time either by personal faith, sorrow for sin and baptism, or by the perfect love of God, which is at least an implicit baptism of desire. Adults who have sinned gravely after being justified can receive justification by sacramental absolution or perfect contrition for their sins. (Etym. Latin justus, just + facere, to make, do: justificatio.)
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fhansen
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What constitutes mans justice?
The greatest commandments sum it up for us: ‘to love God with your whole heart, soul, mind and strength and your neighbor as yourself’. Matt 22:36-40.
Why?
Because: ‘love fulfills the Law’. Rom 13:8-10
Why should love be the standard?
Because: ‘God is love’ John 4:8
And St Teresa of Avila, a Doctor of the Church, gives us further understanding:
“It is love alone that gives worth to all things.”
How is this accomplished?
By grace, won for us at Calvary, the gift of God’s Spirit who works in us and empowers us: **“With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” **Matt 19:26
**Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.” **Acts 2:38-39
How else do we know? By the New Covenant promises:
33 “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel
after that time,” declares the LORD.
“I will put my law in their minds
and write it on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.
34 No longer will they teach their neighbor,
or say to one another, ‘Know the LORD,’
because they will all know me,
from the least of them to the greatest,”
declares the LORD.
“For I will forgive their wickedness
and will remember their sins no more.” Jer 31:33-34
**I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. 26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. **Ez 36:25-27
**20 “The Redeemer will come to Zion,
to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,”
declares the LORD.
21 “As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit, who is on you, will not depart from you, and my words that I have put in your mouth will always be on your lips, on the lips of your children and on the lips of their descendants—from this time on and forever,” says the LORD. ** Is 59:20-21
Also reference Matt 25:31-46. Sorry, it started out simple enough.
But, echoing the greatest commandments at the beginning of my post, St John of the Cross, another Doctor of the Church, summed it up most succinctly: “At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.”
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teachmeolord
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This is my thought:
What say you? Please use biblical references where possible. Thank you. His peace be upon you.
teachmeolord
- Jesus Christ died for the atonement for the sin (Romans 3:21-26) of all of mankind.
(2 Cor 5:14-15) - We become personally justified through our faith in Jesus Christ move by grace and are born anew, seek Baptism by water and the Holy Spirit and repent of our sin.
(John 3:3 & 5) (1 Cor 6:11) (Romans 6:22)
What say you? Please use biblical references where possible. Thank you. His peace be upon you.
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fhansen
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Faith is the vehicle to justice-it’s not the end-all as some Protestants teach. To the virtue of*** faith*** must be added hope, and finally and most importantly love. This is why St Paul could say in 1 Cor 13:
"if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. "
And sinners cannot enter heaven, as scripture tells us, and it’s love that opposes and precludes sin.
**1987 The grace of the Holy Spirit has the power to justify us, that is, to cleanse us from our sins and to communicate to us “the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ” and through Baptism:34
1990 Justification detaches man from sin which contradicts the love of God, and purifies his heart of sin. Justification follows upon God’s merciful initiative of offering forgiveness. It reconciles man with God. It frees from the enslavement to sin, and it heals.
1991 Justification is at the same time the acceptance of God’s righteousness through faith in Jesus Christ. Righteousness (or “justice”) here means the rectitude of divine love. With justification, faith, hope, and charity are poured into our hearts, and obedience to the divine will is granted us.
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WesleyF
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Divine sonship.
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Jim_Baur
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Ephesians 6: 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
I Thessalonians 5: 8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
And we know from Romans 5: 5 that God pours love into our heart.
I Thessalonians 5: 8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
And we know from Romans 5: 5 that God pours love into our heart.
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fred_conty
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catholic.com/tracts/grace-what-it-is-and-what-it-does
QUOTE from the above site.
Most Fundamentalists go on to say that losing ground in the sanctification battle won’t jeopardize your justification. You might sin worse than you did before “getting saved,” but you’ll enter heaven anyway, because you can’t undo your justification, which has
nothing to do with whether you have supernatural life in your soul.
Calvin taught the absolute impossibility of losing justification.
Luther said it could be lost only through the sin of unbelief; that is, by undoing the act of faith and rejecting Christ; but not by what Catholics call mortal sins.
Catholics see it differently. If you sin grievously, the supernatural life in your soul disappears, since it can’t co-exist with serious sin. You then cease to be justified. If you were to die while unjustified, you’d go to hell. But you can become re-justified by
having the supernatural life renewed in your soul, and you can do that by responding to the actual graces God sends you.
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So the complete idea of Justification can have various meanings depending upon a person’s faith tradition.
QUOTE from the above site.
Most Fundamentalists go on to say that losing ground in the sanctification battle won’t jeopardize your justification. You might sin worse than you did before “getting saved,” but you’ll enter heaven anyway, because you can’t undo your justification, which has
nothing to do with whether you have supernatural life in your soul.
Calvin taught the absolute impossibility of losing justification.
Luther said it could be lost only through the sin of unbelief; that is, by undoing the act of faith and rejecting Christ; but not by what Catholics call mortal sins.
Catholics see it differently. If you sin grievously, the supernatural life in your soul disappears, since it can’t co-exist with serious sin. You then cease to be justified. If you were to die while unjustified, you’d go to hell. But you can become re-justified by
having the supernatural life renewed in your soul, and you can do that by responding to the actual graces God sends you.
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So the complete idea of Justification can have various meanings depending upon a person’s faith tradition.
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