Justification by Faith Alone
Luther's conviction that the sinner is set right with God by trusting faith alone
This Reformation teaching, associated with Martin Luther, holds that a sinner is justified, declared right with God, by faith alone, apart from works of the law. It became the material principle of the Reformation. Catholic and Orthodox traditions reject the claim in that exclusive form, holding instead that grace works through faith together with love and good works. The traditions therefore differ sharply on how justification happens.
How it traveled
- RomansCorinth · 67explains
- GalatiansEphesus · 67explains
- A Treatise on the Spirit and the LetterHippo Regius · 430explains
- Commentary on GalatiansWittenberg · 1546explains
- Discussion: Third PartWittenberg · 1546explains
- Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from ItGeneva · 1564explains
- Book Second. of the Knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as First Manifested to the Fathers, Under the Law, and Thereafter to Us Under the GospelGeneva · 1564explains
- XIV Five discourses on the soul's eternal salvationNorthampton, Massachusetts · 1758explains
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections, in Three PartsNorthampton, Massachusetts · 1758explains
- Seventeen Occasional SermonsNorthampton, Massachusetts · 1758applies
Key passages(20)
Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It · John Calvin
XIV Five discourses on the soul's eternal salvation · Jonathan Edwards
XIV Five discourses on the soul's eternal salvation · Jonathan Edwards
XIV Five discourses on the soul's eternal salvation · Jonathan Edwards
XIV Five discourses on the soul's eternal salvation · Jonathan Edwards
XIV Five discourses on the soul's eternal salvation · Jonathan Edwards
XIV Five discourses on the soul's eternal salvation · Jonathan Edwards
Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It · John Calvin
Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It · John Calvin
Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It · John Calvin
Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It · John Calvin
XIV Five discourses on the soul's eternal salvation · Jonathan Edwards
XIV Five discourses on the soul's eternal salvation · Jonathan Edwards
XIV Five discourses on the soul's eternal salvation · Jonathan Edwards
XIV Five discourses on the soul's eternal salvation · Jonathan Edwards
XIV Five discourses on the soul's eternal salvation · Jonathan Edwards
XIV Five discourses on the soul's eternal salvation · Jonathan Edwards
XIV Five discourses on the soul's eternal salvation · Jonathan Edwards
Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It · John Calvin
Commentary on Galatians · Martin Luther