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To: annalex; smvoice
Right above. Nowhere does the Holy Scripture say that we are saved by works ALONE. It always mentions good works alongside the faith, because the faith is not complete without works.

No it doesn't. Here's a place where it says by faith and doesn't mention works.

Ephesians 1:3-14 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.

In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.

Romans 3:21-30 But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it—the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith. For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law. Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, since God is one—who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

1,131 posted on 09/11/2013 7:20:06 PM PDT by metmom ( For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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To: metmom; CynicalBear; smvoice
There are no good works outside the works of the Law.

LOL. Every once in a while you post idiotic statements like this and then you expect me to may attention to anything you post? I don't think there is a law that I should explain the Holy Scripture to you, is there?

Here's a place where it says by faith and doesn't mention works. [Ephesians 1:3-14]

Right, but neither does it make a general statement. This is to Ephesians in whom St. Paul finds nothing wanting and he praises them for they are on the road to gain their "inheritance". This describes all Catholics today also.

Romans 3:21-30

The point is that Roman laws or Jewish religious laws do not justify, whereas faith is the road to justification for Jews and Gentiles alike. That is Catholic teaching.

1,149 posted on 09/12/2013 6:06:59 AM PDT by annalex (fear them not)
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