CALVIN AND TRENT ON THE CAUSES OF JUSTIFICATION
| Causes
|
Trent |
Calvin |
| Final |
The glory of God and
and Jesus Christ eternal life |
The glory of divine
justice and goodness |
| Efficient
|
The mercy of God
|
The mercy of God
|
| Meritorious
|
Merits of Christ's
satisfaction and passion |
|
| Material
|
|
Christ with his blood |
| Instrumental
|
Baptism
|
Faith |
| Formal |
The distributed
justice of God infused in us to sanctification
|
Faith |
| |
|
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Sources: John Calvin, Commentary on Romans, ed.
D. W. Torrance and T. F. Torrance, trans. Ross Mackenzie (Grand
Rapids: Eerdmans, 1961), 75; The Canons and Decrees of the
Council of Trent, Session Six, chapter 7 in P. Schaff,
The Creeds of Christendom 3 vol. (Grand Rapids: Baker, repr.
1983), 2:94-97. |
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