The Process of Justification in the Middle Ages

In the Middle Ages process in terms of describing justification becomes very important or there's a formalization of the process. How did we end up what does the process look like on the eve of the Reformation? Well that's actually more complicated but I guess maybe we'll start with Thomas as he represents the Dominican wing and there's other things going on with the Franciscans. The key point to make really is that there's this desire to systematize that in effect it's not enough to say it's just about becoming righteous it is there are stages in this process. That's one of the things where I think the reformers began to get a bit nervous because they felt that God