[kosta50]

I don't and won't believe in a works earned salvation

Yet what we do will be used for our judgment, to each man accoridng to what he has done. The parable about talents leaves no doubt that God is not indifferent to what we do.

In other words, talk is cheap. Show me your faith, says the Apostle, by works.

[annalex]

In my 5,387 I tried to clarify, not for the first time, of course, how the Catholic Church views the salvific value of works. When a Protestant says "works salvation" he may have a point as certainly some works do not have salvific value, as the New Testament, especially St. Paul, make clear. It is also true that works are evidence of faith. But what we don' tsee in the scripture, and therefore do not believe, is the protestant notion that works of love are only a byproduct of faith.