It is no new doctrine, but old… Tuesday, 30 October 2007
Posted by Chris in Anglicanism, History, Quotable.trackback
Today we read more from Archbishop Edwin Sandys, this time on justification. Sandys was Archbishop of York, a supporter of the Protestant Reformation in England and lived between 1519 and 1588. This is the final post in the run up to the Challies Reformation Day Symposium, and without further a do, here are some of his words, I think from a sermon on part of Acts 10:
The mean whereby we are made partakers of this free remission of sins in the death and resurrection of Christ, is faith in Christ. ‘For all’ (saith Peter) ‘that believe in him shall receive remission of sins through his name,’ God doth freely offer unto us remission of sin and peace in Christ: the mean and instrument to receive it withal is faith … This doctrine of justification by faith in the death and resurrection of Christ Jesus is witnessed by all the prophets. It is no new doctrine, but old, not only proceeding from the apostles but also from the prophets.
Archbishop Edwin Sandys quoted in Thomas R. Jones, An exposition of the Thirty Nine Articles, by The Reformers, (Hamilton, Adams and Co, 1849), pp. 71-72
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