What the Catholic Church Really Teaches About Justification w/ Dr. Michael Root | Ep. 209
Catholic Theology Show
What does the Catholic Church actually teach about justification? Why did it become such a major point of division during the Protestant Reformation? In this episode of The Catholic Theology Show, Dr. Michael Dauphinais sits down with Michael Root, Emeritus Professor at The Catholic University of America and a former Lutheran, to explore the Council of Trent’s teaching on justification. They discuss faith, grace, baptism, the sacraments, good works, merit, and the Catholic understanding of how God’s grace transforms us from within. Dr. Root also shares his own journey from Lutheranism into the Catholic Church and explains how his study of Aquinas, grace, and human cooperation ultimately led him across the Tiber. Together, they explore how Catholics can recover the joy and confidence of justification, not by trusting in our own accomplishments, but by trusting in the grace of Christ, who continually works in us and brings His work to completion. Resources: Affirmations and Admonitions: Lutheran Decisions and Dialogue With Reformed, Episcopal, and Roman Catholic Churches Justification by Faith: Do Sixteenth-Century Condemnations Still Apply? Related Episodes: Aquinas and the Truth of Faith w/Fr. Michael Sherwin | Ep.141 The Summa for Beginners: The Sacraments w/ Dr. Roger Nutt | Ep. 166