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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/112876| Title: | Meritum in Thomas Aquinas and Martin Luther |
| Other Titles: | The spirit of the Reformation 500 years on : proceedings of the Malta international theological conference, vol. II |
| Authors: | Roszak, Piotr Dorocki, Damian |
| Keywords: | Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274 Luther, Martin, 1483-1546 Merit (Christianity) |
| Issue Date: | 2023 |
| Publisher: | Horizons Publications |
| Citation: | Roszak, P., & Dorocki, D. (2023). Meritum in Thomas Aquinas and Martin Luther. In J. A. Berry (Ed.), The spirit of the Reformation 500 years on : proceedings of the Malta international theological conference, vol. II (pp. 93-122). Malta: Horizons. |
| Abstract: | The term “merit” often induces something akin to an allergic reaction in many who view this conception of man and his actions as somehow inappropriate. For them, searching for any kind of merit on the part of man is a destruction of the primacy of grace, reducing it to a form of remuneration, making salvation no longer a gratuitous gift of God. For a great number of theologians, from the beginnings of Christianity until the present, it is a legitimate term, however, as it reveals the essential truth about man and his free answer to God’s call, even though it carries, deservedly or not, some negative connotations as a result of certain disputes. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/112876 |
| ISBN: | 9789995717117 |
| Appears in Collections: | The spirit of the Reformation. 500 Years On |
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