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But even if the stimulus of her repentance proceeded from her\u00a0faith, she heard her justification by\u00a0faith<\/span>\u00a0through her repentance pronounced in the words,\u00a0Your\u00a0faith\u00a0has saved you,<\/q>\u00a0by Him who had declared by Habakkuk,\u00a0<\/span>The just shall live by his\u00a0faith<\/span>.<\/q> [Habakkuk 2:4]\u00a0<\/span>(Against Marcion<\/em>, Bk. IV, ch. 18<\/a>)<\/p>\n

This verity of the gospel then stands unimpaired:\u00a0I am not come to destroy the law and the\u00a0prophets, but rather to fulfil them.<\/q> [Matthew 5:17]<\/span>\u00a0He also dissipated other doubts, when He declared that the name of\u00a0God\u00a0and of the Good belonged to one and the same being, at whose disposal were also the everlasting life<\/span> and the treasure in heaven and Himself too \u2014 whose commandments He both maintained and augmented<\/span> with His own supplementary precepts.\u00a0<\/span>(Against Marcion<\/em>, Bk. IV, ch. 36<\/a>)<\/p>\n

For each individual lives by his own\u00a0faith<\/span>, nor is there exception of\u00a0persons\u00a0with\u00a0God; since it is not hearers of the law who are justified by the Lord, but doers<\/span>, according to what the apostle withal says. (On Exhortation to Chastity<\/em><\/a>, ch. 7)<\/p>\n

In so many words he says:\u00a0Since you are risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sits at the right hand of\u00a0God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.<\/q> [Colossians 3:1-2]<\/span>\u00a0Accordingly, it is in our mind that he shows that we rise (with Christ), since it is by this alone that we are as yet able to reach to heavenly objects. These we should not\u00a0seek,<\/q>\u00a0nor\u00a0set our affection on,<\/q>\u00a0if we had them already in our possession. He also adds:\u00a0For you are dead<\/q>\u00a0\u2014 to your\u00a0sins, he means, not to yourselves \u2014\u00a0and your life is hid with Christ in\u00a0God.<\/q>\u00a0Now that life is not yet apprehended which is hidden. In like manner John says:\u00a0And it does not yet appear what we shall be: we\u00a0know, however, that when He shall be manifest, we shall be like Him.<\/q> [1 John 3:2]<\/span>\u00a0We are far indeed from being already what we\u00a0know\u00a0not of; we should, of course, be sure to\u00a0know\u00a0it if we were already (like Him). It is therefore the\u00a0contemplation\u00a0of our blessed hope even in this life by\u00a0faith\u00a0(that he speaks of)\u2014 not its presence nor its possession, but only its expectation<\/span>. Concerning this expectation and hope\u00a0Paul\u00a0writes to the Galatians:\u00a0For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by\u00a0faith.<\/q> [Galatians 5:5]<\/span>\u00a0He says\u00a0we wait for it,<\/q>\u00a0not we are in possession of it. By the righteousness of\u00a0God, he means that judgment which we shall have to undergo as the recompense\u00a0of our\u00a0deeds<\/em><\/span>. It is in expectation of this for himself that the apostle writes to the Philippians:\u00a0If by any means,<\/q>\u00a0says he,\u00a0I might attain to the resurrection of the dead. Not as though I had already attained, or were already perfect.<\/q> [Philippians 3:11-12]<\/span>\u00a0And yet he had\u00a0believed, and had\u00a0known\u00a0all\u00a0mysteries, as an elect vessel and the\u00a0great<\/em>\u00a0teacher of the\u00a0Gentiles; but for all that he goes on to say<\/span>:\u00a0I, however, follow on, if so be I may apprehend that for which I also am apprehended of\u00a0Christ.<\/q>\u00a0Nay, more:\u00a0Brethren,<\/q>\u00a0(he adds),\u00a0I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing (I do), forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of blamelessness, whereby I may attain it;<\/q>\u00a0meaning the resurrection from the dead in its proper time. Even as he says to the Galatians:\u00a0Let us not be weary in well-doing: for\u00a0in due season<\/em>\u00a0we shall reap.<\/q> [Galatians 6:9]<\/span>\u00a0Similarly, concerning Onesiphorus, does he also write to Timothy:\u00a0The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy in that day;<\/q> [2 Timothy 1:18]<\/span>\u00a0unto which day and time he charges Timothy himself\u00a0to keep what had been committed to his care, without spot, unrebukable, until the appearing of the\u00a0Lord Jesus Christ: which in His times He shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords,<\/q>\u00a0speaking of (Him as) God. It is to these same times that Peter in the Acts refers, when he says:\u00a0Repent therefore, and be converted, that your\u00a0sins\u00a0may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; and He shall send\u00a0Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which\u00a0God\u00a0has spoken by the mouth of His\u00a0holy\u00a0prophets.<\/q> [Acts 3:19-21]<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>(On the Resurrection of the Flesh<\/em>, ch. 23<\/a>)<\/p>\n

. . . the children of believers\u00a0were designed for\u00a0holiness, and thereby for\u00a0salvation<\/span>; . . .\u00a0(A Treatise on the Soul<\/em>, ch. 39<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Polycarp vs. \u201cFaith Alone\u201d (vs. Jason Engwer)<\/a>\u00a0[1-27-23]<\/div>\n
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St. Polycarp, Who Learned the Faith From an Apostle, Did Not Believe in \u2018Faith Alone\u2019<\/a>\u00a0[National Catholic Register<\/em>, 2-26-23]
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Faith Alone in the Early Church Fathers? (vs. Jordan Cooper) \u2014 Includes Clement of Rome (d. c. 101) & Polycarp (d. 155) vs. Faith Alone<\/a>\u00a0[2-28-24]<\/div>\n
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Clement of Alexandria (c. 150 \u2013 c. 215) vs. \u201cFaith Alone\u201d<\/a> [3-27-24]<\/span><\/div>\n
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Theophilus of Antioch (d. c. 180) vs. \u201cFaith Alone\u201d<\/a> [3-27-24]<\/span>
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St. Justin Martyr (100-165) vs. \u201cFaith Alone\u201d (Sola Fide<\/em>)<\/a> [4-1-24]<\/span><\/div>\n
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St. Irenaeus (130-202) vs. \u201cFaith Alone\u201d (Sola Fide<\/em>)<\/a> [4-1-24]<\/span><\/div>\n
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Shepherd of Hermas (c. 150) vs. \u201cFaith Alone\u201d (Sola Fide<\/em>)<\/a> [4-2-24]<\/span><\/div>\n
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Hippolytus (d. c. 235) vs. \u201cFaith Alone\u201d<\/a> [4-3-24]<\/span><\/div>\n
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Origen (c. 185 \u2013 c. 253) vs. \u201cFaith Alone\u201d<\/a> [4-3-24]<\/span><\/div>\n
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St. Cyprian (210-258) vs. \u201cFaith Alone\u201d (Sola Fide<\/em>)<\/a> [4-8-24]<\/span>
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Church Fathers vs. \u201cFaith Alone\u201d: Handy Capsule Proofs<\/a> [4-8-24]<\/span><\/div>\n
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Photo credit: <\/strong>Portrait of Tertullian, by Andr\u00e9 Thevet (1584)<\/span> [source<\/a>] [public domain \/ Wikimedia Commons<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Summary<\/em>: Tertullian denied the novel Protestant doctrine of \u201cfaith alone\u201d or sola fide, like \u2014 scholars tell us \u2014 all of the Church fathers did. His soteriological thought was Catholic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Formerly a campus missionary, as a Protestant, Dave was received into the Catholic Church in February 1991, by the late, well-known catechist and theologian, Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave\u2019s articles have appeared in many influential Catholic periodicals, including \"This Rock\" (now called \"Catholic Answers Magazine\"), \"Envoy Magazine\" (Patrick Madrid), \"The Catholic Answer,\" \"The Coming Home Journal,\" \"Gilbert Magazine\" (American Chesterton Society), and \"The Latin Mass.\" He also writes a featured column for every issue of \"The Michigan Catholic\": published by the archdiocese of Detroit, and was editor for most of the apologetics tracts published by the St. Paul Street Evangelization apostolate. Dave\u2019s apologetics and writing apostolate was the subject of a feature article in the May 2002 issue of \"Envoy Magazine.\" He served as the staff moderator at the Internet discussion forum for The Coming Home Network, from 2007-2010. Dave has been interviewed on many nationally syndicated Catholic radio shows, including \"Catholic Answers Live\" (twice), \"Faith and Family Live\" (Steve Wood), \"Kresta in the Afternoon,\" \"Son Rise Morning Show,\" \"Catholic Connection\" (Teresa Tomeo), and \"The Catholics Next Door.\" His large and popular website, \"Biblical Evidence for Catholicism,\" was online from March 1997 to March 2007, and received the 1998 Catholic Website of the Year award from \"Envoy Magazine.\" His blog of the same name (now transferred to Patheos), begun in February 2004, contains more than 1,500 papers, at least 500 debates or dialogues, and over 50 distinct \"index\" web pages. Unsolicited correspondence has indicated many hundreds of conversions (or returns) to the Catholic faith as a result, by God's grace, of these writings. Dave's conversion story was published in the bestselling book \"Surprised by Truth\" (edited by Patrick Madrid; San Diego: Basilica Press, 1994). Sophia Institute Press has published six of his books: \"A Biblical Defense of Catholicism\" (Foreword by Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J., 1996 \/ 2003), \"The Catholic Verses\" (2004), \"The One-Minute Apologist\" (2007), \"Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths\" (2009), \"The Quotable Newman\" (editor: 2012), and \"Proving the Catholic Faith is Biblical\" (2015). He is co-author (with Dr. Paul Thigpen) of the inserts for \"The New Catholic Answer Bible\" (Our Sunday Visitor: 2005), and editor for \"The Wisdom of Mr. Chesterton: The Very Best Quotes, Quips, and Cracks from the Pen of G. K. Chesterton\" (Saint Benedict Press \/ TAN Books: 2009). \"100 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura\" was published by Catholic Answers in May 2012. His \"Quotable Wesley\" compilation was published by (Protestant \/ Wesleyan publisher) Beacon Hill Press in April 2014. Several of his 49 books are bestsellers in their field. Dave maintains a popular personal Facebook page, a Facebook author page, and has a Twitter account as well. He offers almost all of his books in e-book form on his own Biblical Catholicism site (http:\/\/biblicalcatholicism.com\/), at a permanent deep discount: only $2.99 for ePub, mobi, and AZW, and $1.99 for PDF. His writing has been enthusiastically endorsed or recommended by many leading Catholic apologists, authors, and priests, including Dr. Scott Hahn, Fr. Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Marcus Grodi, Patrick Madrid, Steve Ray, Tim Staples, Devin Rose, Mike Aquilina, Al Kresta, Karl Keating, Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Brandon Vogt, Marcellino D'Ambrosio, and Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave has been happily married to his wife Judy since October 1984. 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