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| Steve Valleskey is on the far right. |
http://essays.wls.wels.net/bitstream/handle/123456789/1371/ValleskeyJustification.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
"There is but one justification from sin, not two, though the single act may be conceived subjectively or objectively. The terms subjective and objective will pose a problem of understanding for those unfamiliar with their use. Yet it is common, in the churches that come out of the former Synodical Conference, at least, to speak of an objective and subjective justification. These terms are not so difficult as to be beyond our grasp. We distinguish in this way because there are passages of Scripture that speak of God’s declaration of justification occurring at the moment when Christ completed his redemptive work, such as Romans 4:25: “He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification,” which we call the “objective” or “general” justification. God declared the world just for Jesus’ sake. At the same time there are many (the majority of) passages on justification that speak of the declaration of justification occurring at the moment when a person is brought to faith in Christ, such as Galatians 2:16: “So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by observing the law, because by observing the law no one will be justified,” which is the “subjective” or “individual” justification."
Name W. Held sent me the link and warned that OJ still reared its ugly head in the essay.
If you can drink enough coffee or sit on a bed of nails, you might get through all the contradictions in the essay. The essay - dishonoring the anniversary of the Reformation - spend a lot of time on Justification by Faith, but seeks a middle ground in saying that OJ and SJ are actually part of the same thing, He even dared to say that Justification can be discussed without using those later labels. Yea even, he gave historic examples.
I believe David Valleskey is Steven's brother. Poor David went to the far side of OJ error, as anyone can see from his confused and confusing output. Doubtless David's study at Fuller filled him with the wisdom of Karl Barth and Charlotte Kirschbaum, which is Universalism with a thin coating of Biblical language.
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| CFW got this from Halle-trained Bishop Martin Stephan. One can be in error without using the OJ/SJ combination. Knapp was apparently the cool Halle Pietist whose opaque lectures inspired the Calvinist to use OJ/SJ. See below. |
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| For the ELS - these are the words of the Calvinist, American translator of Knapp. Walther later adopted the terminology, which made its way to Germany and came back to the old fox. |
