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To: boatbums; RnMomof7; editor-surveyor; presently no screen name; metmom
You seem to be going on an assumption that I am the kind of person who thinks works have NO place in my faith. I get the impression that you, along with many other Roman Catholics - based on repetitive comments - that sola fide means we have a license to live in sin with no need for a changed life for the better

No, I do not think that. I know that Protestants in actuality live out their faith in good works much like any other Christians. I understand that to a believer good works come naturally. What I do say is that the doctrine of "faith alone" is false and harmful and it does not advance the salvation of anyone. It was really invented by Luther to avoid sacramental life of the Church, not to give people license to sin. Your natural faith is often good; the acquired reflexes of "faith alone" damage your natural faith. Some survive that; others lose their faith altogether.

Go back to worrying every moment that you may not make it

Why should I worry? I am secure in the lap of the Church as any man can be.

6,105 posted on 12/28/2010 7:03:52 PM PST by annalex (http://www.catecheticsonline.com/CatenaAurea.php)
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To: annalex; 1000 silverlings; Alex Murphy; bkaycee; blue-duncan; boatbums; caww; count-your-change; ...
Why should I worry? I am secure in the lap of the Church as any man can be.

Only Jesus can save. Not the church, not any ceremonies.

If you are trusting in the church to save you, I suppose God will let you appeal to that, but it's not going to do you any good. It's Jesus only and Jesus alone.

The church is not Jesus Himself. It's the bride of Christ, the body of believers of all time and places. It's what become part of when you believe, not what you join to be saved.

You can't say you weren't warned.

6,153 posted on 12/29/2010 8:55:39 AM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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