Who wrote this? "opera sunt necessaria ad salutem, sed non causant salutem, quia fides sola dat vitam" (works are necessary to salvation, yet they do not cause salvation, for faith alone gives life).
Norman Shepherd would be a good guess, except that he doesn't write in Latin.
Calvin would be a good guess too. But wrong.
It's that Law-Gospel fanatic, Luther.
posted by Peter J. Leithart on Monday, April 26, 2004 at 11:30 PM
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