Justification (theology)

===Anglicanism===
In historic [[Anglicanism]], the eleventh article of the ''[[Thirty-Nine Articles]]'', consistent with [[Reformed theology]], makes it clear that justification cannot be earned, "We are accounted righteous before God... not for our own works or deservings".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Articles of Religion. |url=https://www.eskimo.com/~lhowell/bcp1662/articles/articles.html |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=www.eskimo.com}}</ref> The Most Rev. Peter Robinson, [[presiding bishop]] of the [[United Episcopal Church of North America]], writes:<ref name="Robinson2012"/>

{{quotation|The 42 Articles of 1552 and the [[39 Articles]] of 1563, both commit the Church of England to the fundamentals of the Reformed Faith. Both sets of Articles affirm the centrality of Scripture, and take a [[Monergism|monergist]] position on Justification. Both sets of Articles affirm that the Church of England accepts the doctrine of predestination and election as a 'comfort to the faithful' but warn against over much speculation concerning that doctrine. Indeed a casual reading of the Wurttemburg Confession of 1551, the Second Helvetic Confession, the Scots Confession of 1560, and the XXXIX Articles of Religion reveal them to be cut from the same bolt of cloth.<ref name="Robinson2012">{{cite web |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |title=The Reformed Face of Anglicanism |publisher=The Old High Churchman |language=English|url=http://theoldhighchurchman.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-reformed-face-of-anglicanism.html|date=2 August 2012}}</ref>|author=Peter Robinson|title=The Reformed Face of Anglicanism}}

Some [[Anglo-Catholics]] believe both man and God are involved in justification. "Justification has an objective and a subjective aspect. The objective is the act of God in Christ restoring the covenant and opening it to all people. The subjective aspect is faith, trust in the divine factor, acceptance of divine mercy. Apart from the presence of the subjective aspect there is no justification. People are not justified apart from their knowledge or against their will...God forgives and accepts sinners as they are into the divine fellowship, and that these sinners are in fact changed by their trust in the divine mercy."<ref>Theological Questions (1983), Thomas, C. Owen, pp. 81–82, sometime Fiske Professor of Systematic Theology, Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts)</ref> Justification, the establishment of a relationship with God through Christ, and sanctification go hand in hand. Certain Anglican theologians (especially Anglo-Catholics) argue for a faith characterized by ''faithfulness'', where good works and the Sacraments play important roles in the life of the Christian believer. (see [[New Perspective on Paul]])