Glossary Term
Risk: Critical- Approved rendering
- Rechtfertigung
- Transliteration
- Rechtfertigung
- Rejected alternatives
- Erlösung (distinct concept)
Justification
CRITICAL: ‘Rechtfertigungslehre’ is the Lutheran material principle of the Reformation (iustificatio sola fide). The 1999 Gemeinsame Erklärung zur Rechtfertigungslehre (Joint Declaration, signed in Augsburg by the Lutheran World Federation and the Catholic Church) narrowed but did not erase the historic gap with Catholic theology’s view of justification as a process involving infused grace.