Theological Theses · §856 · Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu

Cassander: adoption-certainty follows justification; not required to obtain it

Cassander grants that justifying faith naturally yields certainty of adoption and reconciliation, and a sensed grace wrought by the Spirit.

Yet that certainty of remitted sins follows justification; it is not a condition required to obtain justification or under which remission is promised.

Latin

XXXVI. Cassander autem jam dictus admittit quidem hanc esse naturam fidei justificantis ut fidelem certum reddat adoptionis suae & reconciliationis cum Deo propter meritum Christi, & sensum divinae gratiae, quem in nobis efficit Spiritus Sanctus, percipiat. Verum haec certitudo remissionis peccatorum nostrorum, juxta ipsum, sequitur justificationem, non vero est aliquid quod requiratur ad illam obtinendam, & sub quo remissio peccatorum nobis promissa sit.

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