Material Principle – sinful man is justified by faith alone (sola fide).
Methodism
Formal Principle – the Bible, reason, teachings of the ancient church.[17]
Material Principle – the perfected man, i.e. entire sanctification.[17]
References
↑Paul Tillich, A History of Christian Thought from Its Judaic and Hellenistic Origins to Existentialism, Carl E Braaten, ed., (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1967), 280
↑Philip Schaff, The Principle of Protestantism as Related to the Present State of the Church, John W Nevin, trans., (Chambersburg, PA: Publication Office of the German Reformed Church, 1845), 54–94.
↑FE Mayer, The Religious Bodies of America, 4th ed, (Saint Louis: Concordia Publishing 1961), passim.
↑Synod, The Lutheran Church-Missouri. "LCMS Document Library". files.lcms.org. Retrieved 2022-02-24.