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Pauline Charis: A Philological, Exegetical, And Dogmatical Study, Raymond F. Surburg
Pauline Charis: A Philological, Exegetical, And Dogmatical Study, Raymond F. Surburg
Concordia Theological Monthly
No word is more characteristic of Christian faith than the word χάϱις, grace. It conveys the central and fundamental idea of the Christian religion.1 In Lambert's opinion χάϱις is the distinctive watchword of the New Testament; in fact, the words "grace reigns" might be placed over every page. The New Testament scholar Moffatt asserts that the New Testament is a religion of grace, or it is nothing.
Justification By Faith In Modern Theology (Continued), Henry P. Hamann Jr.
Justification By Faith In Modern Theology (Continued), Henry P. Hamann Jr.
Concordia Theological Monthly
In accordance with the writer's convictions concerning the source of St. Paul's teachings mentioned in the previous article we begin the investigation of the present topic with the questions: What might Paul be expected to mean by words like "righteous" (δίχαιοζ), "righteousness" (διχαιοςύνη) , "justify" (διχαιοῦν) on the basis of his knowledge of the Old Testament? What effect would the use of these terms and related ones in Aramaic by the rabbis be expected to have on his own usage?