<jats:p>While Jüngel currently seems to have accepted or is at least no longer opposed to the ratification of the Joint Declaration, this book retains its value for its systematic, thorough, and clear exposition of the centrality and contemporary relevance of the doctrine of justification as the criterion of truth in Protestant theology.Mark C. Mattes in Lutheran Quarterly, 2002, pp. 477-479</jats:p>