Saiph
Puritan Board Junior
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"opera sunt necessaria ad salutem, sed non causant salutem, quia fides sola dat vitam"
(works are necessary to salvation, yet they do not cause salvation, for faith alone gives life).
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Norman Shepherd would be a good guess, except that he doesn't write in Latin.
Calvin would be a good guess too. But wrong.
It's that Law-Gospel fanatic, Luther.
Here is the full context:
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Many things are necessary which are not a cause and do not justify, as for instance the earth is necessary, and yet it does not justify. If man the sinner wants to be saved, he must necessarily be present, just as he asserts that I must also be present. What Augustine says is true, "He who has created you without you will not save you without you." Works are necessary to salvation, but they do not cause salvation, because faith alone gives life [Opera sunt necessaria ad salutem, sed non causant salutem, quia fides sola dat vitam]. On account of the hypocrites we must say that good works are necessary to salvation [Propter hypocritas dicendum est, quod bona opera sint etiam necessaria ad salutem]. It is necessary to work. Nevertheless, it does not follow that works save on that account, unless we understand necessity very clearly as the necessity that there must be an inward and outward salvation or righteousness. Works save outwardly, that is, they show evidence that we are righteous and that there is faith in a man which saves inwardly, as Paul says, "Man believes with his heart and so is justified, and he confesses with his lips and so is saved" [Rom. 10:10]. Outward salvation shows faith to be present, just as fruit shows a tree to be good. - Martin Luther (The Disputation concerning Justification, Luther's Works, Vol. 34 [Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1960], p. 165)
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[Edited on 4-27-2004 by Wintermute]
"opera sunt necessaria ad salutem, sed non causant salutem, quia fides sola dat vitam"
(works are necessary to salvation, yet they do not cause salvation, for faith alone gives life).
[/quote:61a44cb2d2]
Norman Shepherd would be a good guess, except that he doesn't write in Latin.
Calvin would be a good guess too. But wrong.
It's that Law-Gospel fanatic, Luther.
Here is the full context:
[quote:61a44cb2d2]
Many things are necessary which are not a cause and do not justify, as for instance the earth is necessary, and yet it does not justify. If man the sinner wants to be saved, he must necessarily be present, just as he asserts that I must also be present. What Augustine says is true, "He who has created you without you will not save you without you." Works are necessary to salvation, but they do not cause salvation, because faith alone gives life [Opera sunt necessaria ad salutem, sed non causant salutem, quia fides sola dat vitam]. On account of the hypocrites we must say that good works are necessary to salvation [Propter hypocritas dicendum est, quod bona opera sint etiam necessaria ad salutem]. It is necessary to work. Nevertheless, it does not follow that works save on that account, unless we understand necessity very clearly as the necessity that there must be an inward and outward salvation or righteousness. Works save outwardly, that is, they show evidence that we are righteous and that there is faith in a man which saves inwardly, as Paul says, "Man believes with his heart and so is justified, and he confesses with his lips and so is saved" [Rom. 10:10]. Outward salvation shows faith to be present, just as fruit shows a tree to be good. - Martin Luther (The Disputation concerning Justification, Luther's Works, Vol. 34 [Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1960], p. 165)
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[Edited on 4-27-2004 by Wintermute]