In an
interview on Hank Hanegraaff's conversion to Eastern Orthodoxy, Rob Bowman
discussed whether one holding to EO (and RC) soteriology instead of the classical Protestant formulation means one is not a true Christian, Bowman said the following:
First of all, it leads to what I think ought
to be for most of us [Protestants] a rather unsettling conclusion, which is that
there were no Christians prior to the Protestant Reformation. Because, you will
not be able to find, except perhaps a statement here or there out of context,
you will not be able to find any Christian theologians, teachers, writers, in
the first 14/15 centuries of Christianity clearly articulating what we would
call "justification by faith alone," or as some people would like to
call it, "forensic justification." The idea that justification is, at
its core, is a legal act in which God pardons sinners of all their sins, past,
present, and future, solely on the basis of Christ's atoning work, created
simply by faith . . .(44:32 mark, "Episode 46: Hank Hanegraaff Converts to Eastern Orthodoxy")
Response to a Recent Attempt to Defend Imputed Righteousness
Refuting Douglas Wilson on Water Baptism and Salvation
Baptism, Salvation, and the New Testament: John 3:1-7