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According to Catholics and Eastern Orthodox we are justified by God's grace which is a free gift but is received through baptism initially, through the faith that works for love in the continuous life of a Christian and through the sacrament of reconciliation if the grace of justification is lost through grave sin.
Justificatio sola fide (or simply sola fide), meaning justification by faith alone, is a soteriological doctrine in Christian theology commonly held to distinguish the Lutheran and Reformed traditions of Protestantism, [1] among others, from the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Assyrian and Anabaptist churches.
Discussion of these concepts are complicated by different definitions of key terms, such as "justification" and "grace". In Protestant theology, imputed righteousness is the righteousness of Jesus credited to the Christian, enabling the Christian to be justified.
The book has been praised for keeping grace at the center of Paul's theology (pace the New Perspective) while illuminating how grace, understood in light of ancient theories of gift, demands reciprocity and thus the formation of new communities based not on ethnicity but the unqualified Christ-gift (much like the New Perspective).
Horton was raised in an Arminian Baptist church. [1] While in high school, Horton adopted Calvinistic beliefs as he read through the Bible, specifically the book of Romans. . Horton claims he "threw his Bible across the room" as he read through Romans 9 and began to wrestle through the doctrines of election/predestination and the sovereignty of
Justification differs from sanctification: Justification before God is a free unconditional gift by faith alone but sanctification requires obedience to God. Sanctification of all Christians is not guaranteed. Only final glorification of all Christians to a sinless state is guaranteed (Romans 8:30; Philippians 2:12). [89] [90]
Imputed righteousness is the righteousness of Jesus credited to the Christian, enabling the Christian to be justified; imparted righteousness is what God does in Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit after justification, working in the Christian to enable and empower the process of sanctification (and, in Wesleyan thought, Christian perfection).
The grace of justification is bestowed through the merit of Christ's passion, [49] without any merits on the part of the person justified, who is enabled to cooperate only through the grace of God. [49] The grace of justification may be lost through mortal sin, but can also be restored by the sacrament of Penance. [49]