Justification and Good Works: A Study of the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification

The doctrine of justification tells how the saving grace of God in Christ can be actualized in the believers. Because of the very importance of this doctrine, disputes broke out between Augustine and Pelagius, later in the medieval period, and most importantly during the Reformation period - which led to mutual condemnations and the division of the Western church. The church still does not have a unified voice in interpreting the doctrine despite recent ecumenical dialogues, which culminated in the Lutheran-Roman Catholic Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification in 1999.

Name thesis:degree_name

PhD

Level thesis:degree_level

Immediate Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Theology

Year dc:date.available

2009

Author dc:creator

• Chay, Justin

Contributors dc:contributor

• Gerald Boodoo
• William Wright
• Radu Bordeianu

• Doctrine of justification
• Ecumenical
• Good works
• Human responsibility
• Justification
• Salvation

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/395

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dsc.duq.edu:etd-1408