Profession is simply profession. It does not mean a heart change.
If he’s asking for sacraments for fire insurance, then God knows his motivation, and likely it’s meaningless.
What this amounts to is Catholics promoting the very easy believism that Protestants are accused of promoting. It doesn’t matter how you live your life. At the last minute, just ask for the sacraments and voila`, you’re good to go.
Funny how when Protestants espouse it, they’re castigated for it. When the Catholics espouse it, it’s being *Christian*.
Hypocrisy duly noted.
so, faith alone is not enough?
>>>>>>It doesn’t matter how you live your life. At the last minute, just ask for the sacraments and voila`, you’re good to go.>>>>>
Meaning that what one does in life matters regarding one’s salvation?
Just trying to understand the protestant view.
It may or may not.
If he’s asking for sacraments for fire insurance, then God knows his motivation, and likely it’s meaningless.
Of course.
What this amounts to is Catholics promoting the very easy believism that Protestants are accused of promoting.
There are some important distinctions. Catholics object to those Protestants who believe that since they are "saved," they can sin with impunity. I realize that this is a small percentage of Protestants, but they do exist.
The possibility of last-minute repentance is proven by the Good Thief.
But the decision to lead a life of sin, with the intention of repenting at the moment of death, is obviously a very risky gamble. It's possible to die without the opportunity to repent. But the more typical danger is that a person who is habituated to sin is unlikely to repent with true sorrow, at the moment of death, in which case he will be lost.