No Jedi mind tricks, please."
Gregory DeVore said...
I found your Luther quotes on Objective Justification facinating and persuasive. There is one quote though that seems to militate against objective justification at least in the sense that Luther here handles Romans 5 differently then we do. This is from Luther's Sermon on John 1 in Lenker's translation:"And I cannot reject this interpretation; for St. Paul also speaks in like manner in Rom. 5, 18: "As through one trespass the judgment came unto all men to condemnation; even so through one act of righteousness the free gift came unto all men unto justification of life." Although all men are not justified through Christ, he is, nevertheless, the only man through whom justification comes." To find this on the web in context see http://www.orlutheran.com/html/mlsejo1.html. Luther seems to speak here in a way that I would not since I believe in Objective Justification.
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GJ - Father Jack, OP, has copious words to assure his disciples that UOJ is pure, refined gold. Speaking ex cathedra from his part-time position at a Roman Catholic college, Jack enthralls people like fellow layman Paul McCain. The other Jack, Cascione, is equally firm on Knapp's double-justification.
