justificat

Updated: May 15, 2025

Charles made no answer, but said to himself, "My good friend here certainly has not the clearest of heads;" then aloud, "Well, I despair of getting at the bottom of the subject." "Of course," answered Freeborn, with an air of superiority, though in a mild tone, "it is a very simple principle, 'Fides justificat ante et sine charitate; but it requires a Divine light to embrace it."

John Henry Newman - Loss and Gain: The Story of a Convert

Faith does not make the sacrament; but faith appropriates and applies to self what the sacrament offers. Non sacramentum, sed fides sacramenti justificat. Nor are we left in doubt as to what is here meant by the term "faith." In paragraph fourteen it is explicitly described.

Martin Luther - Works of Martin Luther: With Introductions and Notes (Volume I)