“Justification and the ‘Imputation’ of Christ’s Righteousness” (Part Two) In my previous article, I noted that, despite the importance of the idea of the imputation of Christ’s righteousness in the Reformation’s understanding of justification, the new perspective generally tends to diminish or deny that justification involves such an act. Though N. T. Wright allows that […]

In 1677, when John Owen (1616–1683) published his book, The Doctrine of Justification by Faith through the Imputation of the Righteousness of Christ; Explained, Confirmed, and Vindicated, the Protestant doctrine of justification was still engulfed in controversy. “In my judgment,” said the English Calvinist, “Luther spake the truth when he said, ‘When the article of […]