Imputed Righteousness and Predestination

Overview

Recall questions on imputed righteousness, Luther's righteous and sinner at once and antinomianism, and on predestination, Calvinist doctrine, Arminius's disagreement and Weber's link with economic life.

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1. 1

   What is imputed righteousness?

   Model answer

   Christ's righteousness is credited to the believer, who is accepted by God on Christ's merit rather than their own.

2. 2

   What did Luther mean by calling a Christian at once righteous and a sinner?

   Model answer

   The believer is counted righteous in God's sight while remaining a sinner in themselves throughout this life.

3. 3

   If faith alone justifies, why should a Christian bother to behave well?

   Model answer

   Because good works are the fruit and evidence of living faith and the grateful response to forgiveness, not the price of it.

4. 4

   Define antinomianism.

   Model answer

   The error of concluding that, because salvation comes by faith alone, the moral law no longer binds the believer.

5. 5

   How does Catholic teaching understand merit?

   Model answer

   Any merit is itself the effect of God's grace working in the believer, so it is God's gift before it is a human achievement.

6. 6

   Define predestination.

   Model answer

   The belief that God has eternally determined who will be saved.

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