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Imputed righteousness is a concept in Christian theology proposing that the "righteousness of Christ...is imputed to [believers]—that is, treated as if it were theirs—through faith."[1]: 106 It is on the basis of Jesus' righteousness that God accepts humans. This acceptance is also referred to as justification.
The teaching of imputed righteousness is a signature doctrine of the Lutheran and Reformed traditions of Christianity.[2]
- ^ Mcgrath, Alister E. (1993). Reformation Thought: An Introduction. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
- ^ See James Buchanan, The Doctrine of Justification (Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth Trust, 1997), pp. 296–298, for a discussion of this topic.