Marcus J. Borg Quote

In its Lutheran form, despite the emphasis upon God’s grace, justification by grace through faith was heard as justification by faith and thus as involving a fearful form of works righteousness: the work was to believe. Faith meant believing in a correct set of doctrines (which happened to be Lutheran), and this was the gateway to salvation. What

Marcus J. Borg

In its Lutheran form, despite the emphasis upon God’s grace, justification by grace through faith was heard as justification by faith and thus as involving a fearful form of works righteousness: the work was to believe. Faith meant believing in a correct set of doctrines (which happened to be Lutheran), and this was the gateway to salvation. What

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