While memories may fade with time, the explanations people give for why they remember an event remain surprisingly stable and ...

Justification, in the false sense, is the process of fabricating excuses for one's behavior, thoughts or views, in order to replace the real motives and reasons. It is the process of concealing the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Justification remains a controversial doctrine. New Testament scholars are reexamining Paul’s teaching. Lutherans and Roman Catholics have produced a Joint Declaration on the topic. The excerpts from ...

Our Protestant brethren say that one is justified by faith once for all and not at all by works. Catholics say that initial justification is “monergistic” (not involving our work to attain it) and by ...

Justification in Catholic soteriology is ongoing, as I discussed in my previous article. One might draw an analogy to the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. He is first received through baptism: “Be ...