Paradox and Paul: Catholic and Protestant Theologies of Grace

Kilby, Karen

doi:10.1111/ijst.12393

Paradox and Paul: Catholic and Protestant Theologies of Grace

Kilby, Karen

Authors

Professor Karen Kilby karen.kilby@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Abstract

John Barclay offers a capacious and helpful framework for reflection on large swathes of the history of the theology of grace with his notion of the six ways of ‘perfecting the gift’. In this article, I extend his analysis to a consideration of certain typical differences between Catholic and Protestant conceptions of grace. Where Protestant theology tends toward a juxtaposition of grace with sin, Catholic theology often considers grace in relation to nature, and each side, I suggest, has its own characteristic proclivity towards paradox.

Citation

Kilby, K. (2020). Paradox and Paul: Catholic and Protestant Theologies of Grace. International Journal of Systematic Theology, 22(1), 77-82. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijst.12393

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Sep 26, 2019
Online Publication Date	Jan 17, 2020
Publication Date	Jan 31, 2020
Deposit Date	Feb 6, 2020
Publicly Available Date	Jan 17, 2022
Journal	International Journal of Systematic Theology
Print ISSN	1463-1652
Electronic ISSN	1468-2400
Publisher	Wiley
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	22
Issue	1
Pages	77-82
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1111/ijst.12393

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