Saved by Works? The Catholic Theology of Salvation | Prof. Matthew Thomas
The Thomistic Institute
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The Principle of the Primary and Secondary Agents
One action does not proceed from two agents of the same order, but nothing hinders the same action from proceeding from a primary and secondary agent. We will refer back to this when we get this principle down, then we can see how there are different ways of interpreting the biblical data,. which will lead you to different kinds of results and ends depending on the way that you think about agency. What we're talking about today, we'retalking about validation. We're focusing particularly on the doctrine of justification. The doctrine of justification, if you famously identified by Martin Luther as the doctrine of which the church stands and falls, is very important.
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