{"id":1483,"date":"2006-10-27T02:20:36","date_gmt":"2006-10-27T02:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2006\/10\/do-calvinists-understand-armin-9.html"},"modified":"2006-10-27T02:20:36","modified_gmt":"2006-10-27T02:20:36","slug":"do-calvinists-understand-armin-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2006\/10\/do-calvinists-understand-armin-9.html","title":{"rendered":"Do Calvinists understand Arminianism? 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Myth #9 from Roger Olson&#8217;s Arminian Theology is appropriate for me today: I&#8217;m at Westminster Theological Seminary, one of America&#8217;s foremost bastions of reformed theology. The myth is this: that Arminians deny justification by faith alone through faith alone. At issue: Is Arminianism genuinely reformational or is it a retreat toward the Catholicism out of which the reformers broke? <!--more|inline--><br \/>\nOlson&#8217;s response is a robust denial: Arminians don&#8217;t deny justification by grace alone and through faith alone. And a robust affirmation: Arminianism is a Reformation movement.<br \/>\nOlson quotes some who contend that Arminians teach that what is imputed for righteousness is not Christ&#8217;s righteousness but the merit of faith. Imputation, rather than being solely a forensic declaration, it is argued by some Calvinists, is understood by Arminians to involve a moral change.<br \/>\nOlson argues that Arminians have always been uncomfortable with a declaration-only righteousness; Luther, Olson, argues sees two kinds of righteousness: alien and transforming. Arminians stand with Luther.<br \/>\nIt is true that Arminians &#8212; I add along with Genesis 15:6 &#8212; have spoken of a faith imputed for righteousness, but they have also always taught that grace can&#8217;t be merited or earned and that it is received solely by faith. Olson suggests that what is at stake is a monergistic theory of justification.<br \/>\nArminius himself: several have concluded that Arminius was thoroughly Reformation on justification (APF Sell, A Skevington Wood, H Slaatte, C Bangs). Arminius said he could sign off on what Calvin says in Book 3 of <em>Institutes <\/em>on justification. And faith, Arminius stated, is the work of the Holy Spirit, not the effort of a human being. It is instrumental, not material\/efficient cause. Arminius distinguished justification from sanctification.<br \/>\nOden says that Wesley was Calvinistic in his understanding of justification.<br \/>\nThe secret is that consistent Arminians have always believed in justificaiton as imputed righteousness (not imparted).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Myth #9 from Roger Olson&#8217;s Arminian Theology is appropriate for me today: I&#8217;m at Westminster Theological Seminary, one of America&#8217;s foremost bastions of reformed theology. The myth is this: that Arminians deny justification by faith alone through faith alone. 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