http://erlern.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/against-future-justification-according-to-n-t-wright/ A Place to Contemplate and Articulate My Thoughts Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:43:21 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://erlern.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/against-future-justification-according-to-n-t-wright/#comment-1035 stephen beatty Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:02:03 +0000 http://erlern.wordpress.com/?p=904#comment-1035 The only problem with your analysis is that N.T. Wright is explaining that the reformers had it wrong and the early church had it right. So trying to stay true to scripture by appealing to Luther and Calvin does not work here. Luther and Calvin were not historians of the early church and their thought and were trapped in a medieval and western perspective and because of that their lack of understanding, the biblical message given by Christ and Paul was lost. So appealing to Luther and Calvin is like appealing to the authority of the Catholic Church. It does not hold much weight. The only problem with your analysis is that N.T. Wright is explaining that the reformers had it wrong and the early church had it right. So trying to stay true to scripture by appealing to Luther and Calvin does not work here. Luther and Calvin were not historians of the early church and their thought and were trapped in a medieval and western perspective and because of that their lack of understanding, the biblical message given by Christ and Paul was lost. So appealing to Luther and Calvin is like appealing to the authority of the Catholic Church. It does not hold much weight.

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