justification by works

American  

noun

Theology.

1. the belief that a person becomes just before God by the performance of good works: the doctrine against which Luther protested in inaugurating the Protestant Reformation.

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justification by works

Paul is now getting ready for the second argument of his Epistle, to the effect that to seek justification by works of the Law, is to reject the grace of God.

From Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Theodore Graebner

I do not believe in justification by works nor by sacraments, yet I do believe in their wonderful effect, through grace alone, upon our character and future condition.

From Bertha and Her Baptism by Nehemiah Adams

This is the method of justification by works.

From Sermons to the Natural Man by William G. T. (William Greenough Thayer) Shedd

This is what is meant by justification by works.

From Sermons by J. B. Lightfoot

The gracious soul believes in Christ for justification, from a sense of utter inability to obtain justification by works.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by John Bunyan