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title: 'Justification by Faith: A Sermon Delivered Before the Synod of New-York and New-Jersey, in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'Jonathan French Stearns'
date: 1852-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Justification'
- 'Reformation History'
scriptures:
- 'Romans 5'
- 'Luke 10'
- 'Proverbs 17'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/stearns-1852-justification-by-faith-a-sermon-delivered-before-the-synod-of-new-york-and-new-jersey-in-poughkeepsie-n-y
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# Justification by Faith: A Sermon Delivered Before the Synod of New-York and New-Jersey, in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

Sermon defending Protestant forensic justification by faith (text: Romans 5:1–2), contrasting it with Roman Catholic and Anglo‑Catholic views and tracing Reformation origins.

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