“the graces needed for our sanctification.”
Sanctification is not the same as salvation.
I requested the actual paragraph number.
Sanctification is the state of growing in divine grace as a result of Christian commitment after baptism or conversion.
Graces are a free gift of God and merit comes from being obedient to God. Merit refers to the outworking of God’s grace in our lives, both in changing us into the image of Christ and in “bearing fruit for the Kingdom” by, say, winning hearts for Christ, feeding the hungry, and caring for the needy.
Did you read the rest of the Catholicism or just what seemed to fit your incorrect opinion?
Really??
Read the REST of the sentence!
… and for the *attainment of eternal life.*” (Emphasis mine)
Who's a good dog??
Good job; you completely ignored the emphasis that I gave you.
The RCC catechism says directly that “we can merit for ourselves graces needed... for the attainment of eternal life.” Which is the exact opposite of what Scripture says.
Or are you telling me that eternal life doesn’t equal salvation?
(The paragraph is 2010, incidentally, though I would have thought that a priest or someone who claims to know all kinds of things about Roman Catholicsm would have known that already. It must be annoying that a Lutheran knows more about the RCC catechism than you.)
So I ask the priest, ‘If Purgatory is GOD’s way to cleanse you finally, do you think it right to believe you can buy your way out of the judgment or work your way out of the judgment by reading the rosary enough times to nullify it, or wear a Talisman that negates the judgment penalty?’