[metmom]

a lie, in almost every case, is not a mortal sin....she might spend 30 seconds in purgatory....but she has earned salvation through her good works and the promise of salvation by our Lord.

Nobody earns salvation through good works.

If salvation could be earned through good works, it would not be a gift, or called a gift.

It would nullify grace. Grace would be meaningless.

And if it were by works, Christ died for nothing.

[terycarl]

if it were by works, Christ died for nothing.

Nonsense...read St James.