Can God Forgive Without Justice? | John Owen
Deep Dive into A Dissertation on Divine Justice by John Owen - IntroductionJohn Owen's work defends the doctrine that divine justice is a natural and essential attribute of God, meaning the punishment of sin is absolutely necessary. Owen wrote the dissertation to refute the idea, maintained by Socinians and even some orthodox theologians like William Twisse and Samuel Rutherford, that God could simply pardon sin through a free act of his will without requiring any satisfaction to his justice. Owen recognized that if God could forgive sin without justice being satisfied, the absolute necessity…
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