Salvation by Allegiance Alone: Something Protestant and Catholics Can Agree On? | Dr. Matthew Bates

In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Matthew Bates to discuss his work on Justification, specifically the idea of salvation by allegiance alone and its implications for Protestant-Catholic debates.

Books Discussed:
Salvation by Allegiance Alone: https://link.amazon/B01RY8dSH
Beyond the Salvation Wars: https://link.amazon/B08Xp3Wu2

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About the Guest: Matthew W. Bates (PhD, Notre Dame) is Professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary with expertise on the gospel and salvation. His book Why the Gospel? (Eerdmans, 2024) won the Christianity Today award in popular theology and was Outreach magazine’s “Resource of the Year” in theology and Bible. His acclaimed academic titles include Salvation by Allegiance Alone (Baker Academic, 2017) and The Birth of the Trinity (Oxford University Press, 2015). He also co-founded and co-hosts the popular OnScript podcast.

00:00 Salvation by Allegiance
04:53 What Is Faith?
14:41 Christ as King
20:48 Embodied Allegiance
28:06 Ecumenical Implications
38:23 Where Catholics Go Wrong
49:45 Baptism and Allegiance
55:41 Where Protestants Go Wrong
01:00:47 Going Deeper

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