You mumbled, “again, faith and works, just as the catholic church has taught from the beginning.....” The religion called catholiciism has been getting that wrong fro a long time! And still catholics refuse to see what the Catholic Priest, Luther, was trying to show you.
again, the church has nvr taught works alone, it has always taught as James clearly states. faith without works is dead....and that is why luther called james’ book, an ‘epistle of straw’ and wanted to get rid of it, as it flew squarely into his face regarding his MAN MADE doctrine of ‘faith alone’