I don’t know much about the RCs official confession. I am glad to hear they have done it. Honestly, I don’t hold the present RC church much guilty for the murders during the Reformation.
As for you question, what have you done? I will confess I do not know. Is there some sin(s) the Reformers committed during the Reformation period that need be repented of? I mean as an official church movement or action, not the occasional bad individual. I would not hold RCs responsible for the evils of the occasional bad Catholic who was not endorsed/supported by the church in whatever bad they did.
James 2:10, “Faith without works is dead.” Amen. But the works don’t save you, still. They are the evidence of your salvation, not the cause.
Ephesians 2:10 I did not leave out in any intentional way. I just quoted 2:9 because it is so nice and succinct. Anyway, “we are created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.” Again, amen.
I don’t know that I make myself clear. Just because we are not SAVED by our works, that doesn’t mean we aren’t supposed to be doing good works, all the time. It just means that we don’t believe that it saves us.
I am all for good works! Just not as a basis of salvation. I can’t do enough good works to save myself.
I agree, Marie. After we are saved, works are a command from God. He has prepared certain works for us to do and we need to ask Him what they are. We of course should do good things for other people, but He has prepared certain works for us to do.