[Dr. Eckleburg]

Trent unambiguously states that satisfaction is made to God through the works of penance and that through these works men redeem their sins, such a construct is antithetical to the Gospel of Christ, and an insult to His precious Blood.

Amen. Would that they had ears to hear and eyes to see.

[Risky-Riskerdo]

Trent unambiguously states that satisfaction is made to God through the works of penance and that through these works men redeem their sins, such a construct is antithetical to the Gospel of Christ, and an insult to His precious Blood.

Amen. Would that they had ears to hear and eyes to see.

Yes, but in the natural state, the natural man seeks his own righteousness, being afflicted with the nature of Adam to be his own god, and therefore the sole arbiter of what is good and evil.

God has a court prepared for those who deny the sufficiency of Christ's Blood in which they can make their case for having atoned for the sins Christ did not cover.

Sometimes I imagine that in that final court, James may very well be called as a witness whereby he cites James 2:10, testifying that they are infinitely guilty and that it will take infinity to atone for just one sin.