%0 Journal Article
%T Perfections, Clarity, and Congruity
%A Risto Saarinen
%J Pro Ecclesia
%@ 2631-8334
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1063851219842401
%X The author reviews John Barclay¡¯s book Paul and the Gift, considering it one of the most important theological books in recent years. He asks whether the so-called ¡°perfected¡± gift always manifests an extreme and proposes that it can sometimes also visualize an optimal mean between the opposites. The author further compares Barclay¡¯s concept of ¡°incongruity¡± with the medieval view of meritum de congruo, arguing that that the latter can also represent such generosity which is typical of God¡¯s gift
%K gift
%K merit
%K Paul
%K Luther
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1063851219842401