A Learned Discourse of Justification

Name: A Learned Discourse of Justification
Author: Richard Hooker

Richard Hooker (1554–1600) was an English priest and theologian whose Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity defended the Elizabethan church settlement against Puritan demands for further reform. Master of the Temple and later a country rector in Kent, he argued from Scripture, reason, and tradition with unusual calm and breadth. Our library holds his Learned Discourse of Justification and the multi-volume presentation of the Laws.

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First published: 1586
Category: Theology
Length: 22k words · about 1 hour
Chapters: 14

About this book

Richard Hooker's celebrated sermon on justification, preached in the 1580s and known as A Learned Discourse of Justification, Works, and How the Foundation of Faith Is Overthrown. Hooker distinguishes carefully between the ground of a sinner's acceptance with God and the evidences of faith, in prose of uncommon balance and beauty. A small classic of early Anglican theology.

Introduction
A Learned Discourse of Justification, Works, and how the Foundation of Faith is Overthrown
DOCTRINAL DISAGREEMENT
SANCTIFICATION 🔒
THE SALVATION OF “OUR FATHERS” 🔒
THE WAY TO ESCAPE JUDGMENT 🔒
GENERAL REPENTANCE NOT INTENDED 🔒
THE GROUND OF SALVATION 🔒
ETERNAL SECURITY IN CHRIST 🔒
DISTINCTIONS TO BE MADE 🔒
ROME AND THE NECESSITY OF WORKS 🔒
FAITH DOES NOT EXCLUDE WORKS 🔒
DIFFERENCES AMONG HERESIES 🔒
ERROR AND HERESY NOT ALWAYS IDENTICAL 🔒