{"id":1633,"date":"2010-07-14T12:00:19","date_gmt":"2010-07-14T16:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ispeculate.wpmudev.host\/main\/?p=1633"},"modified":"2010-07-14T12:00:19","modified_gmt":"2010-07-14T16:00:19","slug":"avery-dulles-on-jddj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/2010\/07\/14\/avery-dulles-on-jddj\/","title":{"rendered":"Avery Dulles on JDDJ*"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>The heart of the Joint Declaration is surely paragraph 15, and more particularly the sentence: &#8220;Together we confess: By grace alone, in faith in Christ\u2019s saving work and not because of any merit on our part, we are accepted by God and receive the Holy Spirit, who renews our hearts while equipping and calling us to good works.&#8221; This consensus does not go beyond the clear conclusions of the dialogues. While it is in perfect accord both with the Augsburg Confession and with the Decree on Justification of the Council of Trent, it dispels some false stereotypes inherited from the past. Lutherans have often accused Catholics of holding that justification is a human achievement rather than a divine gift received in faith, while Catholics have accused Lutherans of holding that justification by faith does not involve inner renewal or good works. By mentioning both faith and works, both acceptance by God and the gift of the Holy Spirit, this sentence strikes an even\u2013handed balance calculated to satisfy both sides.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leaderu.com\/ftissues\/ft9912\/articles\/dulles.html\">Two Languanges of Salvation: The Lutheran-Catholic Joint Declaration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Avery Dulles addresses critically the difference in languages used by Lutheran Churches and The Roman Catholic Church when it comes to interpreting what JDDJ really says.<\/p>\n<p><em>* Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The heart of the Joint Declaration is surely paragraph 15, and more particularly the sentence: &#8220;Together we confess: By grace alone, in faith in Christ\u2019s saving work and not because of any merit on our part, we are accepted by God and receive the Holy Spirit, who renews our hearts while equipping and calling us &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/2010\/07\/14\/avery-dulles-on-jddj\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Avery Dulles on JDDJ*<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[33,41,51,90,99,126,154],"class_list":["post-1633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","tag-communication","tag-creeds","tag-ecumenism","tag-interfaith","tag-listening","tag-relationship","tag-theology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1633\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}