Lutero said:
Cathy, you asked:
Question1 : And we are guilty, so the declaration is simply stating what is objectively true, correct?
Answer: Correct. The parallel would be the same. Objectivity is a matter of perspective. Imputation is not “subjective” to the point of deception. The facts being declared are objective, namely: “Because of your union with Christ and because He took your place accomplishing what you could not, therefore Christ is your righteousness though you have transgressed the Law (and continue to do so in this life).” Those are objective truths because you really are united with Christ and Christ really accomplished what is rightly your obligation and punishment at calvary (because of His love and mercy to you). I’ll explain this fully in the next posts.
De Maria said:
Lutero, Cathy said to you:
I must say, this struck me as an oxymoron. Almost like “married bachelor”.
Lutero, This is the same problem I’ve been having with all of your posts. Let me just take an example from the very first comment you made here. You said:
Lutero, Cathy said to you:
I must say, this struck me as an oxymoron. Almost like “married bachelor”.
Lutero, This is the same problem I’ve been having with all of your posts. Let me just take an example from the very first comment you made here. You said:
- Answer: The theological term “Imputation” is a concept not a word.1. Not a word? If its in the dictionary, its a word, right?
2. As far as I know, every word known to man represents an concept (i.e. an idea).
3. So it seems illogical to deny that “imputation” is a word. And redundant to say that this particular word is also a concept.
4. I welcome anyone to correct me if I’m wrong.
That has been stressed by the Reformed scholars.What has?
It may be conveyed in different verbs when discussing the concept. Prominently, logizomai in several passages in the Scripture.
Isn’t this what other Catholics have said? You have confirmed his argument. They didn’t say that logizomai wasn’t used to express the concept of imputation. The whole point, as I understand it, is that neither logizomai nor imputation are used in Scripture to express an idea or concept of “transference” of righteousness for a simple claim of faith alone. Those words have only been used to express a “crediting” or “meriting” or “reckoning” or “recognizing” of someone’s true state of being.
Again, I welcome that anyone should correct me if I’ve misunderstood what has been previously said. Anyway, since no one else seemed to have trouble with your comments, I kept silence, thinking maybe something was going over my head. But then Cathy said what I was thinking.
Sincerely,
De Maria