Is the Doctrine of Justification a Theological Innovation? – Dr. Steven Parks, 10/10/25 (2835)
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Dr. Steven Parks of Hope Lutheran Church-Glendora, CA
The “Lutheran” Solas in the Fathers of the Church
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| 1:07.8 | You know, the Catholic view of justification, we can point to 2,000 years of it, whereas even Protestant historians talking about justification, you know, how are we saved, how are we made right with God? |
| 1:23.6 | Even Protestant historians will acknowledge that their view doesn't show up until the 16th century. |
| 1:30.5 | And so one thing to just know is that many of the things that American Protestants take for granted and just think this is the Christian view. |
| 1:39.9 | He's actually a fringe view both in terms of the global Christian population, and certainly |
| 1:46.0 | a fringe view in terms of the history of the church, where for the first 75% of the church's |
| 1:51.0 | history, you can't point to anybody who thought that's what that meant. |
| 1:55.0 | That's Joe Heschmeyers of Catholic Answers. Is it true that the 16th century reformers basically came up with a new doctrine of justification that's unknown up until that point? |
| 2:08.4 | Or that it is the fringe view both now and then. Welcome back to Issues, Etc. I'm Todd Wilkin, joining us to answer these questions. Dr. Stephen |
| 2:18.1 | Parks, he's senior pastor of Hope Lutheran Church in Glendora, California, and he formerly served |
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