though the Reformers’ articulation of justification and sanctification as distinct was fresh, this basic distinction is implicit in the prior tradition (indeed, it seems entailed by the very nature of forgiveness).17 Again, different terminology can conceal the substantial conceptual overlap here. Further, the Protestant emphasis on sola fide as the means of justification has wide attestation prior to the Reformation. In John Chrysostom’s homilies on the epistles of Paul, for example, one finds a clear articulation of justification by faith alone, apart from works, in ways that don’t seem to
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