The Justification Reader

ISBN-13: 9780802839664 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 163 str.

Thomas C. Oden

Opis

"The Justification Reader sets out the classic Christian teachingof "salvation by grace through faith." Distinguished theologianThomas C. Oden, well known for retrieving the riches of churchtradition, here gathers together the early Christian sources on thetheme of justification.

Ranging broadly through Christian history and across allbranches of the church, Oden cites the writings of such majorfigures as Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzus, and John Chrysostomin the East and Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine, and Gregory theGreat in the West. Although Oden presents all the relevant historicaltexts on justification, the book also includes his own insightfulexplication of the doctrine. His work shows that what these churchfathers teach on justification was restated almost verbatim by thesixteenth-century Reformers and can still be confessed in goodconscience by Christians from every communion. Thus this volumeboth provides a compendium of a central belief of the faith anddemonstrates its ecumenical potential.

The first volume in a new series, this book will be an importantsourcebook for readers from every tradition.