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In a word, the Shin sect believes in instantaneous conversion and sanctification. So, the old Buddhism prior to Shinran taught a phase of synergism, or the union of faith and works. Shinran, in his "Reformed" Buddhism, taught the simplicity of faith. So also in regard to the sacred writings, Shinran opposed the San-ron school and the three-grade idea.
This truth is the doctrine of this sect of Shin. In a word, not synergism, not faith and works, but faith only is the teaching of Shin Shu. Shinran, the founder of this sect in Japan, was born A.D. 1173 and died in the year 1262. Shall we call him a Japanese Luther, because of his insistence on salvation by faith only?
Romanism, Rationalism, Arminianism, Synergism, etc., are heathen remnants within, and corruptions of, Christianity, elements absolutely foreign to, and per se subversive of, the religion of divine grace and revelation. The Church and Its Manifestations. The Christian Church is the sum total of all Christians, all true believers in the Gospel of salvation by Christ and His merits alone.
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