Agreeing on Justification? Rome, Protestants, and Regensburg

Imagine that leading Roman Catholic and Protestant theologians sit down at a table to discuss justification by faith. And imagine that those Protestants are not nominal liberals but are among the most celebrated, reliable, trustworthy, and representative theologians in history. Now imagine that this assembled group reaches an agreement on justification by faith. In 1541 leading Catholic and Protestant negotiators did in fact agree on a brief statement on justification by faith — Article 5 of ...