Romans
Overview
This is probably the most difficult of all St. Paul’s letters, as well as the single-most disputed biblical book between Catholics and Protestants. This book, written by St. Paul, is the book from which Martin Luther built his doctrine of “justification by faith alone.” This study shows how Luther twisted St. Paul’s words to fit his own teaching and even added (in his Lutheran Bible) the word “alone” to Romans 3:28 in his attempt to further enhance his doctrine of “Sola Fide.”
Top Highlights
“The Spirit is given us, not to make it unnecessary to keep the law, but to make it possible to keep the law” (Page 20)
“Church also insists that God does not merely ‘declare’ us righteous; he makes us so by fundamentally transforming us and infusing his Trinitarian life into us. For he is a Father, and his ultimate purpose is not merely to find us ‘not guilty,’ but to make us real ‘partakers of the divine nature’ (2 Pet 1:4), so that we really become what God has spoken: holy, righteous, good, and loving sons and daughters of a holy, righteous, good, and loving Father.” (Page 27)
“For both Jesus and Paul, justifying faith is an incarnate faith. It is not a disembodied faith separating purely interior ‘acceptance’ of Jesus from the external, lived ‘response’ on our part. For Paul, separating faith from obedience was like trying to distinguish which blade on the scissors does the cutting, which wing on the aircraft does the flying, or which vital organ of the body keeps us alive. It is a nonsensical distinction.” (Pages 5–6)
“This accords exactly with the Catholic understanding of salvation as a living and dynamic relationship with God that certainly does include moments of conversion and faith, but is not limited to a one-time, past-tense event whereby the believer is ‘once saved, always saved.” (Page 41)
“Initial faith is the beginning, not the end, of justification. Justification is only fully accomplished when we share completely in the life of the Blessed Trinity in heaven.” (Page 41)
- Title: Romans
- Authors: Scott Hahn, Mark P. Shea
- Series: Catholic Scripture Study
- Publisher: Catholic Scripture Study International
- Print Publication Date: 2009
- Logos Release Date: 2013
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible. N.T. Romans › Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Resource ID: LLS:CSS66RO
- Resource Type: text.monograph.bible-study
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:31:26Z