Life in Christ: Union with Christ and Twofold Grace in Calvin's Theology (Studies in Christian History and Thought) - Softcover

Garcia, Mark A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1556358652 ISBN 13: 9781556358654

Publisher: Wipf and Stock, 2008

Synopsis

In three wide-ranging case studies Mark A. Garcia offers a comprehensive yet focused analysis of the centrality of union with Christ in Calvin's thought. It explains not only the distinctive nature of Calvin's response to Rome on justification, but why this response must be carefully distinguished from that of his Lutheran counterparts. The fruit of these investigations is the first extensive demonstration that Calvin's exposition of union with Christ in relating justification and sanctification points to an emerging Reformed theology of justification that diverges from the Lutheran tradition. Calvin's exegetical and theological model of union with Christ accents the importance in the early Reformed tradition of the relationship between Christology and salvation.

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About the Authors

Mark A. Garcia (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is Pastor of Immanuel Orthodox Presbyterian Church in West Allegheny (Oakdale), Pennsylvania.

David F. Wright is Emeritus Professor of Patristic and Reformed Christianity, New College, University of Edinburgh.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1556358652
• ISBN 13: 9781556358654
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 388