Wesleyan Arminian and Reformed differences on Justification
The doctrine of justification is one of the most important doctrines for protestantism. People will usually say that Justification is the doctrine by which the church stands or falls and they are not wrong to a certain extent. Since this is important since it deals with our salvation but justification is only one part of salvation. Wakefield excellently says "The sum of this salvation, so far as it regards a qualification for eternal life, consists in justification, regeneration, adoption, and sanctification."(1) So to talk about salvation is not only to talk about Justification but also talk about those doctrines such as sanctification. But for this post my goal is to explain the doctrine of justification by faith alone as explained by Wesleyan tradition pulling from the Samuel Wakefield since he does the best job of explaining and contrasting it with the Reformed view. And I will be pointing out the differences and agreements between our view and the Reformed view when it c