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Parts of the Catholic response are almost verbatim Jm. 2 and Gal. 5, not a good start to arguing for the Protestant position. Also equates "salvation" with conversion, not as the entire process culminating in our final salvation "ready to be revealed in the last time" 1 Pet. 1:5
The "justification through faith alone is inherently nominalist" argument is incoherent unless one adopts rank Pelagianism. If God cannot credit the work of another to one's account, and if God's judgment is aligned only with that which is intrinsic to an individual, then you can't have Anselmian satisfaction, the non-imputation of sins, or the Treasury of Merit either.
Every orthodox Christian believes that the work of Christ (and for Rome, saints) can, in some way, be credited to the account of another. The only way any kind of nominalist critique works is if one is speaking of a verdict that one is righteous based solely on a divine declaration without Christ's actual merit serving as the basis for that verdict. This is simply not the Reformation view.
The dividing line is not, and has never been, one of nominalism vs. realism. There is reason why no one makes this argument until the late nineteenth century. The question is, rather, what is it that God requires in order to declare the sinner just? Faith alone in the merits of Christ, or an infusion of faith, hope, and love into the soul? The difference is primarily exegetical, not philosophical.
@rootcausesleuth It would seem Rom. 9:21-24 would be a good place to start. God made Judas as a "vessel of wrath" in order, through patience, to show his wrath and power on him. Also, God only promises to work out all things for good "for those who love him," not for every individual (Rom. 8:28)
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@redeemed_zoomer Pretty sure Calvin thought it should be taken every time the Word is preached at the church. Not sure this position was held by anyone else in the broader Reformed tradition however.