See E. Ferguson, "Marcion," Evangelical Dictionary of Theology (ed. W. A. Elwell; Grand Rapids: Baker, 1984) 685. Justification may be defined as that judicial act of God whereby He declares the sinner to be righteous.
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6 Here we are not talking about essential Christian doctrine such as that concerning the Person of Christ, ... even long after the practice and method of interpreting Scripture had turned neoorthodox or liberal" 207 Core Christianity.