Theological Theses · §948 · Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu

Apoc 22:11: justify means grow more just, not bare declaration

Almost all Protestants deny forensic sense at Rev 22:11.

Justify there = grow more just/pious from already just—progress in righteousness.

Latin

XVI. Inter Protestantes autem pauci reperiuntur qui non agnoscant verbum justificandi sensum forensem non habere Apoc. 22. vers. 11. Qui justus est, justificetur adhuc; & qui sanctus est, sanctificetur adhuc. Ubi satis apparet, ex mente Spiritus Sancti, justificare illic non esse justum declarari, imo nec simpliciter ex injusto justum fieri, sed ex jam pio justoque magis justum ac pium: adeoque justificari, eo loco significat in pietate & justitia pergere, progredi, atque augescere.

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