Newman and Justification - Newman''s Via Media ''Doctrine of the Justifying Presence''

Newman and Justification examines John Henry Newman's via media 'doctrine of the justifying presence' in his Lectures on Justification. T. L. Holtzen contends that Newman put forth his via media doctrine of the justifying presence by employing a trinitarian grammar of divine inhabitation.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: A Debate Over Justification


• 2: Newman's Lectures on Justification


• 3: Newman's Via Media of Justification


• 4: The Meaning of the Word 'Justification'


• 5: 'The Doctrine of the Justifying Presence'


• 6: Justifying Faith, Sacraments, and Works


• 7: The Formal Cause of Justification


• 8: Ecumenical Prospect


• Conclusion

About the author

T. L. Holtzen has taught theology at Nashotah House for the last twenty years as Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology. He is an ordained Episcopal Priest. In addition to being a fulltime professor of theology he is also Priest-in-Charge of St Paul's Church, Ashippun, WI. He completed his PhD at Marquette University, MA at Gordon-Conwell, and BA at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Summary

Newman and Justification examines John Henry Newman's via media 'doctrine of the justifying presence' in his Lectures on Justification. T. L. Holtzen contends that Newman put forth his via media doctrine of the justifying presence by employing a trinitarian grammar of divine inhabitation.

Product details

• Authors: T. L. Holtzen, T. L. (Professor of Historical and System Holtzen
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.02.2024
• EAN: 9780192873163
• ISBN: 978-0-19-287316-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; RELIGION / Christianity / Anglican, RELIGION / History, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, Theology, Christian theology, History of Religion, Anglican and Episcopalian Churches, Anglican & Episcopalian Churches, Church of England