Description: This volume documents the history of the doctrine of justification from the Reformation to the present day. Particular attention is paid to Luther, and Lutherian and Reformed concepts are considered and points of contact and dissimilarity are noted. New light is thrown on schools of thought represented at the Council of Trent, and its teaching is considered in detail. The opinions of the English Reformers are elucidated and compared with their continental counterparts; and the development of the doctrine within Anglicanism is studied with particular reference to the Caroline Divines and John Henry Newman. Modern development since the Enlightenment is considered with particular reference to Kant, Schleiermacher and Barth. In questioning many of the presuppositions about the development of the doctrine, this study makes a significant contribution to the modern ecumenical movement.

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