General info

• the word 'justify' is the translation of a greek word that that legal connotations
• in the thinking of Paul and of the sixteenth century reformer, Martin Luther, 'to be justified' means to be counted by god as righteous and to be able to have a relationship with god.
• 'justify' is an eschatological term, which means it is concerned with the ultimate fate of humanity
• eschatological:

  a term referring to events at the end of time