Theological Term of the Week: Imputation
Thursday, October 6, 2022 at 3:30AM
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imputation
“The attribution of a verdict or quality from one party to another A reckoning or crediting of something to a person.”1 Used theologically, it refers the crediting of the personal guilt or personal righteousness of another, as in the imputation of the sin of Adam to all his descendants, the imputation of the sins of human beings to Christ, or the imputation of the righteousness of Christ to believers. 

Learn more:

  1. B. B. Warfiled: Imputation
  2. Bob Burridge: The Meaning of Imputation
  3. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: The Meaning of Imputation in the Bible

 

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1Pocket Dictionary of the Reformed Tradition by Kelly M. Kapic and Wesley Vander Lugt

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