[metmom]

Douay-Rheims Bible

Romans 3:28 For we account a man to be justified by faith, without the works of the law.

And that contradicts the Catholic interpretation of James.

Now, Salvation, that is the translation of the Catholic Bible. Explain THAT contradiction too, please.

[xone]

I’m sure that’s just a ‘mis-translation’ by a monk lost to history. The Catholic will be back with some good RCC approved propaganda site that’ll explain everything, or blame it on the evil Luther.

[Petrosius]

Read all of Romans instead of proof-texting and you will discover that the "works of the law" that Paul is discussing are those of the law of Moses. The whole purpose of Romans was to contradict the idea that Christians were still bound to the Mosaic law. To try to apply what he is saying to a discussion of the relationship between faith and obedience to the moral law is to take Paul completely out of context. For even in Romans Paul states that his mission is to bring about the obedience of faith (Romans 1:5). Salvation is more than just an intellectual assent to the saving work of Jesus Christ.