On the Remission of Sins

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Subsection

Guilt of Culpability vs. Punishment

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Order of Contents

Articles  6
Latin  2


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Articles

1600’s

Leigh, Edward – ch. 7. Of the Parts & Terms of Justification, Remission of Sins & Imputation of Christ’s Righteousness  in A System or Body of Divinity…  (London, A.M., 1654), bk. 7, pp. 519-22

Turretin, Francis – Institutes of Elenctic Theology, tr. George M. Giger, ed. James Dennison Jr.  (1679–1685; P&R, 1994), vol. 2, 16th Topic

5. ‘Does remission of sins consist in an absolute removal of them?  Or in the pardon of them?  And after the guilt is remitted is a certain punishment retained?  Or is it wholly remitted?  The former we deny; the latter we affirm against the Romanists.’  660

6. ‘What is the adoption which is given to us in justification?’  666

7. ‘Does faith justify us properly and of itself or only relatively and instrumentally?  The former we deny; the latter we affirm against the Socinians, Remonstrants and Romanists.’  669

8. ‘Does faith alone justify?  We affirm against the Romanists.’  675

9. ‘Was justification made from eternity or is it made in time?  Is it an undivided act taking place at one and the same time?’  682

10. ‘The unity, perfection and certainty of justification.’  686


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Latin Article

1600’s

Voet, Gisbert – Syllabus of Theological Problems  (Utrecht, 1643), pt. 1  Abbr.

section 1, tract 4, Remission
section 2, tract 3, 8. Reconciliation & the Remission of Sins

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Related Pages

Justification

On Confession of Sins, Penance & Human Satisfactions for Sin

Sin

Classifications & Degrees of Sin, & on Venial vs. Mortal Sin

On Concupiscence, & that Desires of & Pre-Motions to Sin are Sinful, Even Without an Explicit Consent of the Will