Paradox and Paul: Catholic and Protestant Theologies of Grace

Kilby, Karen

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
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1278117