Strictly and grammatically speaking, Ehp. 2:8 says that grace is a gift of God, not faith. However, indeed both faith and good works come from God, to Whom alone is the glory. Thank you for stating the Catholic teaching for us. Abandon the mendacious shipwreck of Protestantism and come to Christ and His glorious Church, and you shall see the light.
annalex wrote:
“Strictly and grammatically speaking, Ehp. 2:8 says that grace is a gift of God, not faith.”
Does it not bother you to speak in direct, let me repeat that, direct contradiction of the Holy Scriptures? The Greek of Ephesians 2 is incontestably clear. Grace (charis) is feminine. Faith (pistos) is neuter. The demonstrative pronoun “that,” is a neuter, singular, referring to the antecedent neuter singular in the preceding phrase, the only one of which is “pistos,” faith. Again, annalex, you have asserted the precise opposite of the truth.
Does it not bother you to do this? Let us even stipulate that you did so out of ignorance. Does it not bother to assert so unequivocally in public what you really don’t know? Is your fierce anger toward the - and I quote you - “mendacious wreck of Protestantism” so great that simple facts are not to be allowed to get in the way of your argument?
Do you know what mendacious means?
We are already in
CHRIST’S GLORIOUS UNIVERSAL CHURCH MADE UP OF ALL WHO HAVE ACCEPTED HIM AS SAVIOR IN WHATEVER GROUPS.
It’s increasingly appearing like a frightfully small percentage of Roman Catholics et al are to be numbered in that larger Body of Christ that crosses all remotely Christian organizations, denominations, groups.