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| | Legalism |
 | | So although many parts of Legalism seem to make good sense (such as equality under the law, and government according to merit), memories of the abuse of the law under the Qin has kept Legalism in a bad light throughout Chinese history. | | | In Legalism, the law code was written out and made public. | | | The ruler and his ministers were simply parts of the state machine--a machine which would ideally run so well that no matter how unworthy the ruler was, the laws would still keep the state going. |
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http://www.geocities.com/tokyo/springs/6339/Legalism.html
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| | Legalism Grace Obedience |
| | Note that legalism is not the deed itself; it is the motive or attitude behind the deed. | | | The remedy for legalism is the same remedy for most problems in the Christian life. | | | It does this, because legalism is an attitude or motive that sees the keeping of God's laws, or living a certain way, or doing certain things, as a bribe or a payment. |
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http://www.inplainsite.org/html/legalism_grace_obedience.html
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| | Legalism: Does It Lead to True Righteousness? |
| | Spiritual legalism (see the definitions of legalism, liberty, and license on the side) represents the opposite of license or lawlessness (a form of libertarianism or antinomianism) which overemphasizes one's liberty at the expense of obeying Scripture by reasoning that a Christian is free to act any way under grace without Divine restraint. | | | While legalism and license are opposites, they both are extremely unscriptural in addressing the Christian issue of sanctification. | | | Christian obedience should not be infused with legalism nor diminished by license. |
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http://www.ifca.org/voice/98May-Jun/Mayhue.htm
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| | Legalism |
| | In the Galatian churches, legalism was a distortion of the Law. | | | Religious legalism also refers to any system of religious bondage imposed on someone by another individual, or by an organization, that attempts to make that person a practitioner of legalism. | | | The idea in both cases is to avoid legalism and judgmentalism. |
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http://www.realtime.net/~wdoud/topics/legalism.html
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| | Viewpoint Bible Studies #17-21 -- What Is Legalism? |
| | As a religious ethic, legalism views the religious life in its entirety in terms of strict adherence to laws, rules and regulations. | | | Legalism certainly promotes a concern with being right and correct in application and performance of the law to which the legalist holds. | | | Weed suggests that "as a moral system or ethic, legalism views the essence of the moral life in terms of laws, rules, and regulations." Law is the beginning, and is EVERYTHING, in their view. |
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http://www.sofnet.com/~outreach/study017.html
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| | The Divine Hermeneutics: Legalism, Binding Where God Has Not ~ Donnie Rader |
| | In contrast to Acts 15, legalism disregards the authority of the word by binding what cannot be bound by command, example or necessary inference. | | | If these four things are what legalism is, then I must plead guilty to be a legalist. | | | It is true, however, that legalism is real and alive. |
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http://www.watchmanmag.com/0610/061019.htm
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| | Legalism |
| | Essentially, legalism is a reliance upon keeping the strict letter of a law as being meritorious, even apart from faith. | | | Many believe that to avoid legalism, one must be an antinomianist (a person without any law). | | | "Legalism means strict or excessive conformity to a legal code or set of rules. |
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http://www.apostolic.net/biblicalstudies/legalism.htm
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| | Legalism, What Exactly Is It? |
| | An example of this negative definition of legalism is perhaps seen in the case of the Pharisees (Jn. | | | I think we shall find in our study, though, that under the general heading of "law," there is a large spectrum, having what I term legalism at one extreme end (the whole essence of man simply involved in law keeping) and antinomianism at the other end of the spectrum (those against law, period). | | | The term legalist is often a synonym for Pharisee; hence, legalism and Phariseeism (see addendum). |
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http://www.bibletruths.net/Archives/BTAR214.htm
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| | Printable version - Legalism |
| | But with these three shortcomings in mind, notice that the “legalism” of the Pharisees did not have to do with fervent attention to fulfilling the “letter of the law.” The Pharisees were not condemned because they were too zealous about strict obedience to God’s will. | | | Those of a liberal persuasion have redefined “legalism” in such a fashion, shifting the meaning from the attitude of being self-righteous to the action of conscientious obedience to all of God’s Word. | | | It may be surprising to some to learn that the term “legalism” does not actually occur in the Bible. |
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http://www.apologeticspress.org/modules.php?name=Print&cat=7&itemid=2265
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| | Legalism |
| | The viciousness of the Ch'in dynasty served to discredit Legalism. | | | Shang Yang was particularly important for the development of legalism since it was he who served as governor of the state of Ch'in and strengthened it to the extent that it was able to unify China in the following century. | | | Other figures associated with an early form of legalism are Shang Yang (d. |
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http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/china/legal.html
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| | An Allegory about Legalism |
| | In the simplest of terms, legalism is willfulness. | | | We may not recognize this as legalism, but it is, in its most subtle form. | | | The light that is darkness in us is the error of legalism, for the law is truth. |
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http://www.annemurchison.com/legalism.htm
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| | LEGALISM. An outline study of what the Bible says about legalism. |
| | C. Legalism - social or self-acceptance of the observance of law, and conformity to the | | | A. The term "legalism" is not used in the Bible | | | Must not assume that legalism is the only alternative to antinomianism, license or |
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http://www.christinyou.net/pages/legalism.html
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| | Sermon Outline |
| | The practice of legalism relies on form over substance, and the form is not even right. | | | Liberalism and legalism are in one way opposites, yet they share certain things in common. | | | As vigorously as we must oppose liberalism, so we must oppose legalism. |
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http://www.discoveret.org/karns/sermons/062099pm.htm
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| | Legalism |
| | The habits of mind appropriate, within narrow limits, to the procedures of law courts in the most stable legal systems have been expanded to provide legal theory and ideology with an entire system of thought and values. | | | The tendency to think of law as "there" as a discrete entity, discernibly different from morals and politics, has its deepest roots in the legal profession's views of its own functions, and forms the very basis of most of our judicial institutions and procedures. | | | The most vivid account of law's isolation from the social-political world remains Judith Shklar's, Legalism 9 (1964): |
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http://www.wvu.edu/~lawfac/jelkins/pmpl99/fragments/legalism.html
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| | Crosswalk.com |
| | The term "legalism" commonly denotes preoccupation with form at the expense of substance. | | | Confidence in him alone, who, by his death fulfilled the law, is the sole means of deliverance from the law's demands, and so of avoiding legalism. | | | This picture of the law as occasioning legalism has been hotly contested. |
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http://bible.crosswalk.com/Dictionaries/BakersEvangelicalDictionary/bed.cgi?number=T430
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| | Legalism according to Schwartz |
| | The rise of Legalism was also related to the rise of new rulers who had overthrown legitimate old rulers and who now need new laws, not tradition, to justify and buttress their rule. | | | He traced the beginning of Legalism to the time of Confucius and such Confucian contemporaries as Tze-chan (Zi-chan), a ruler of a small state called Cheng and an acquaintance/possible student of Confucius. | | | In this chapter, Schwartz provides not only a systematic introduction to Legalism, but also to the background against which Legalism started. |
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http://www.iun.edu/~hisdcl/h425/legalists2.htm
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| | The isms of Legalism |
| | It wasn’t until I was in my twenties that I heard the term legalism used and that legalism is wrong for many reasons. | | | It was a number of years before I fully realized that the letter to the Galatians was written primarily to expose legalism. | | | We wear a specific name, and that is denominationalism in the truest meaning of the term. |
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http://www.freedomsring.org/isms.html
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| | Booklet > Sunset to Sunset: God's Sabbath Rest > Just What is Legalism? |
| | A dictionary definition of legalism is "a strict, literal or excessive conformity to the law or to a religious or moral code." | | | To substitute humanly devised laws for God's laws, as the Pharisees did, is legalism. | | | A popular meaning attached to the word today is that any form of biblical law-keeping is legalism and therefore to be avoided. |
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http://www.ucg.org/booklets/SS/legalism.htm
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| | What is legalism? |
| | Answer: Legalism is defined as, "Strict adherence to law, especially to the letter rather than the spirit". | | | Mechanical obedience is "obeying the letter rather than the spirit" of the law (Legalism). | | | Does the possibility of implicit obedience involving legalism mean we should not obey God’s law? |
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http://www.biblequestions.org/archives/BQAR270.htm
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| | LEGALISM |
| | The legalists, like the alcoholic, are blind to the fact that the legalism is not a friend but a learned trait. | | | It is the same way with the co-dependency of legalism. | | | The legalists have not been delivered from the bondage of law, no more than I was delivered from alcohol while I still picked up a drink once and a while. |
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http://www.stradicalontheweb.net/untitled1.html
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| | Obedience-Legalism |
| | The term legalism is used in a similar way today. | | | Careful loving obedience from a born-again heart is not legalism. | | | Throwing off discipline is not the answer to legalism. |
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http://www.bibleviews.com/Obedience-Legalism.html
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| | Legalism |
| | But false charges of legalism are often used to quench the Holy Spirit's conviction. | | | Even if you never suggested they need to make a change, if they find your example threatening they accuse you of legalism. | | | We were wondering what you think regarding the issues of convictions and legalism?" |
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http://www.patriarchspath.org/Articles/Docs/Legalism.htm
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| | Harvest House Publishers Breaking the Bondage of Legalism |
| | “Legalism is one of the most difficult issues in the church today, yet it goes sadly unaddressed. | | | If it is not the only accurate diagnosis on the shelves, it deserves to be recognized as one of the best as the authors unpack their argument with compelling testimony, contextual scripture, and a writing that neither condescends nor avoids the tough issues.” | | | I was amazed how easy and subtle it is to fall under the bonds of legalism and how Christ is here to free us.” |
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http://www.harvesthousepublishers.com/book.cfm?ProductID=6911812
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| | Legalism |
| | Although our friend already knew the answers to his questions, he asked them that we might have a firm grasp of what legalism truly is--and why Jesus was so opposed to legalism. | | | In a previous church, my husband was accused of legalism. | | | During this time, we discussed legalism with a number of people. |
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http://www.fix.net/~rprewett/legalism1.html
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| | What is Legalism? |
| | It isn't legalism to keep the finer points, it is expected that we do the finer points without neglecting the weightier ones. | | | If there is such a thing as legalism, this would be it. | | | There is no such word as "legalism" found anywhere in scripture, but according to Nave's Topical index, here are a few examples of Legalism: |
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http://www.eliyah.com/legalism.html
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| | New Views regarding Legalism and Exclusivism in Judaism: Is there a need to reinterpret Paul? |
| | The implication that Paul is opposing exclusivism in every instance rather than legalism must necessarily involve a further reinterpretation of Paul which jeopardizes the principles of justification by faith through grace alone (Westerholm, Thielman). | | | One more argument that should be considered for the position that Paul was indeed arguing against legalism has to do with the frequent references in Paul's writings to boasting (Rom.3:27-28; 4:1-5). | | | At the same time, however, one might ask the question whether there is not more than one way to test for legalism. |
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http://spindleworks.com/library/visscher/NewLegalism.htm
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| | Legalism: The Real Thing |
| | I happen to think that the term legalism can be used in a legitimate and biblical sense. | | | And the answer must be straightforward: There sure is! In fact, I would suggest that there is more real legalism in the Church today than there was back when I took the pledge at Wheaton College. | | | To many people today, that kind of restrictive policy smacks of a very bad case of legalism. |
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http://www.faithalone.org/journal/1996ii/Hodges.html
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| | Legalism |
| | Christian groups preaching the need to keep the Almighty's Sabbath days are often accused of 'legalism.' In other words, many suppose that we are preaching 'nothing but - law, law, law!' It is a sad accusation and untrue in most cases; but that is how many Sabbath-breakers see Sabbath-keepers. | | | In view of these texts my advice to you is that you ignore those who get hung up about 'legalism.' Let them alone and bear in mind these Biblical facts. | | | But the moment one preaches 'obedience' and the need to keep the seventh day Sabbath of the Decalogue, there is an unholy uproar accompanied by wild accusations of 'legalism.' These folk ignore the Saviour's advice in: |
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http://www.avoiceinthewilderness.org/snotes/legalism.html
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| | Chinese Cultural Studies: Han Fei: Selections from The Writings of Han Fei (c. 230 BCE) |
| | Han Fei was a prince of the stare of Han who defected to its chief rival, the state of Qin, but eventually he ran afoul of Qin's chief minister, Li Si (d. | | | Such was the reason why the early kings esteemed Legalism and handed it down to posterity. | | | Should the lord of men discard law and practice selfishness, high and law would have no distinction. |
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http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/core9/phalsall/texts/hanfei.html
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| | The Impossibility of "Legalism" |
| | Webster's adds a little to the definition of "legalism": "Strict, often too strict and literal, adherence to law." But this is impossible. | | | Close adherence to law; strict conformity to law. | | | Funk and Wagnall's New Practical Standard Dictionary defines legalism as "1. |
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http://members.aol.com/Xmaspiracy/3/3_h.htm
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| | FWB Net - Forum - General Interest - is KJV tied to legalism? |
| | Therefore it can't be said that preference for or exclusive use of the KJV and legalism are inextricably tied together, but there is considerable overlap between the two camps. | | | I agree with Dr. Bill on the KJVO/legalism relationship. | | | Posted on: 10/10/05 10:02 AM Re: is KJV tied to legalism? |
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http://www.freebaptist.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=2306&forum=1
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| | SermonAudio.com - Patriarchy: A New Legalism? |
| | Legalism is Legalism, not matter what the results. | | | Some may disagree with their applications, but, in my opinion, a charge of “legalism” in this regard reflects a lack of sufficient exposure to the men and their message. | | | This sermon introduces the subject of patriarchy and the legalism and problems associated with it in the church today. |
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http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?sermonID=11104114932
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| | Theologia :: Soteriology :: Whose Legalism? Which Works-Righteousness? |
| | And yet, if someone says that today, they are accused of legalism! | | | Furthermore, lest one misapply the analogy, Schlissel explicitly stated "Of course the solas are true." | | | Theologia Template >> Theologia :: Soteriology :: Whose Legalism? |
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http://www.hornes.org/theologia/content/mark_horne/whose_legalism_which_worksrighteousness.htm
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| | Legalism Refuted / Lion of Judah |
| | I notice that many of the sites that try to defend legalism, and the ones who try to take a "middle ground" on the issue, are forever mentioning that legalism is okay as long as it's done to be obedient to God and not used as a means of obtaining salvation. | | | Some of these "middle-grounders" simply switch out the term "legalism" with the terms "pureness" or "holiness," as if having a nasty attitude and being harsh is acceptable under a different label; so I offer the following links with a caveat: | | | Legalism Vs. Christian Grace / Legalism is Not Christianity |
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http://www.angelfire.com/hi2/graphic1designer/false/legalism.html
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| | Legalism -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia |
| | The school of Chinese philosophy known as Legalism attained prominence during China's Warring States period (481–221 BC). | | | The school of Chinese philosophy known as Legalism attained prominence during China's Warring States period (481–221 | | | The model of a pious person is depicted in the righteous one of Psalm 5, “his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.” In the Hellenistic period (c. |
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http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article-9314859?tocId=9314859&query=yue
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| | LEGALISM |
| | The dictionary defines legalism as: "strict, literal adherence to the law, or to a particular code, as of religion or morality." Quote: "Legalism relates to principals of right and wrong behavior. | | | Many would view the subject matter which we have discussed as legalism. | | | It should be noted that the word legalism or legalistic is not found in the Bible, however, its moral synonyms are: - - honorable, chaste, pure, virtuous, just, honest and righteous. |
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http://www.toolong.com/legalism.htm
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| | Legalism and Antinomianism |
| | The Danger of Legalism in Reformed Circles by Bill Baldwin | | | Galatians Between Legalism and Antinomianism by Schirrmacher PDF (442k) | | | Legalism is a system that judges an individual's relationship to God in terms of adherence to man-made rules. |
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http://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/articles/topic/legalism-anti.html
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| | LEGALISM VS OBEDIENCE |
| | Every time I have heard someone use the term 'legalism' it has been from a liberal doctrine rejecting person who wished to justify sin and evil. | | | Personally, I have never heard the term 'legalism' used correctly in these last days. | | | I would say legalism is something that the unsaved but religious person does. |
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http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Rhodes/7895/lglobed.html
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| | Pharisees And Legalism |
| | * I believe that legalism is best explained by reading about the Pharisees - they sought to obey the letter of the law and considered themselves righteous by their actions. | | | The problem with the Pharisees was that they took the 'spirit of the law' too far. | | | As usual, you have misunderstood the scriptures, and built a teaching on a false premise. |
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http://jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/8956.htm
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| | MSN Encarta - Dictionary - legalism |
| | law term: a word or phrase in legal jargon | | | Search for "legalism" in all of MSN Encarta | | | Click here to search all of MSN Encarta |
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http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryResults.aspx?refid=1861696046
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| | Harvard University Press/Legalism/Reviews |
| | From any point of view, Legalism is a highly original and rewarding contribution to legal philosophy. | | | [Shklar] has written a startling and original essay criticizing most of contemporary legal philosophy...[This book] is written with a masterful style and a force and conviction rare in legal scholarship. | | | An excellent study...[Shklar] presents a skillful analysis and criticism of what legal scholar-philosophers...have written...Provocative--due to the author's directness, confidence, and clarity--for she offers more intellectual excitement than can be found in textbooks on jurisprudence. |
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http://www.hup.harvard.edu/reviews/SHKLEX_R.html
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| | Legalism |
| | 208 B.C.) and Chao Kao, the Legalism of the Ch'in dynasty (221-207) involved a uniform totalitarianism. | | | But it is not so easy to dismiss Legalism as this short, anomolous, unpleasant period of totalitarianism in Chinese history, for the Legalists established ways of doing government that would profoundly influence later governments. | | | The emperor's court did not discover these revolts until it was far too late, and the Ch'in and the policies they pursued were discredited for the rest of Chinese history. |
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http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/CHPHIL/LEGALISM.HTM
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| | Merriam-Webster Online |
| | 1 : strict, literal, or excessive conformity to the law or to a religious or moral code legalism that restricts free choice> | | | Get the Top 10 Search Results for "legalism" | | | For More Information on "legalism" go to Britannica.com |
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http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=legalism
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| | Legalism |
| | "Legalism is not law keeping, it is law depending. | | | The book of Galatians is written to dispel the threat of "Legalism" among God's people. | | | However, the concept is. The threat of Legalism has been around since the first century. |
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http://www.christianhomesite.com/indy/text/legalism.htm
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| | Legalism, Ten Commandments the Law keeping them is not legalism |
| | Legalism, Ten Commandments the Law keeping them is not legalism | | | True legalism depends on the works of the law for salvation and salvation is a free gift of GOD and could only be purchased with the pure blood of Jesus the Christ. | | | There must be a motive which moves us to action. |
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http://www.spiritual-answers.com/laws/legalism2.htm
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| | The Move Away From Legalism |
| | First of all, it is necessary to deal with the concept of legalism itself. | | | As Paul is at pains to explain in Romans, a new way (in a sense) of achieving the righteousness of God, free of legalism, is revealed in Christ, giving the Jew - with their knowledge of the law - no advantage. | | | There is now no condemnation for those genuinely in Christ Jesus - Romans 8: 1-2, for the penalty of our sins has been paid in full and we are now no longer under the law but under grace. |
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http://www.megspace.com/religion/museltof/moveaway.html
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| | Legalism |
| | The Christian under law is a miserable parody of the real thing ("The Paralysis of Legalism," Bibliotheca Sacra, April-June 1963, p. | | | One of the most serious problems facing the church in Paul's day was the problem of legalism. | | | One of the most serious problems facing the orthodox Christian church today is the problem of legalism. |
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http://www.abideinchrist.com/devotion/mar9.html
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