{"product_id":"newman-and-justification-newmans-via-media-doctrine-of-the-justifying-presence-9780192873163","title":"Newman and Justification: Newman's Via Media 'Doctrine of the Justifying Presence'","description":"\u003cem\u003eNewman and Justification\u003c\/em\u003e examines John Henry Newman's \u003cem\u003evia media\u003c\/em\u003e 'doctrine of the justifying presence' in his \u003cem\u003eLectures\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eon Justification\u003c\/em\u003e. T. L. Holtzen contends that Newman put forth his \u003cem\u003evia media\u003c\/em\u003e doctrine of the justifying presence by employing a trinitarian grammar of divine inhabitation in which the Holy Spirit is the formal cause of justification as a solution to the Reformation debate over justification. Newman sets his \u003cem\u003evia media\u003c\/em\u003e of justification between the extremes of justification by 'mere imputation' in 'popular Protestantism' and that of justification by works-righteousness in 'English Arminianism' and 'Romanism'. The word 'justification' means both being declared and being made righteous because the eternal Word is spoken into the soul by the Holy Spirit in justification. Newman identifies this with 'the gift of righteousness' (Romans 5:17) and calls it the 'doctrine of the justifying presence'. The justifying presence is an imparted righteousness, in distinction from both the Protestant notion of imputed and Roman Catholic idea of inherent righteousness. The justifying presence comes through the sacraments, creates faith in the human soul, and begins a renewal in good works, all of which in different ways justify. The divine inhabitation of the Holy Spirit in the soul is the formal cause of justification by causing a \u003cem\u003eduplex iustitia\u003c\/em\u003e of both Christ's imputed righteousness and by beginning an actual righteousness in renewal. Newman's \u003cem\u003evia media\u003c\/em\u003e 'doctrine of the justifying presence' has great ecumenical promise because it shows how the trinitarian grammar of justification necessarily causes renewal through divine inhabitation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eT. L. Holtzen, \u003cem\u003eProfessor of Historical and Systematic Theology, Nashotah House\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eT. L. Holtzen\u003c\/strong\u003e 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\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50555768996114,"sku":"9780192873163","price":109.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dd3a4dfc-7594-4b53-8b31-4222bb34a485.jpg?v=1731739895","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/newman-and-justification-newmans-via-media-doctrine-of-the-justifying-presence-9780192873163","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}