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How can whether one understands or believes in “free will” have anything to do with salvation? First of all there’s the Catholic issue of “it’s not mentioned in scripture” as we here about Sola Scriptura all the time. Then there’s the issue of Paul answering the jailer as to how he could be saved. Paul’s answer was a succinct “believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved”. Paul didn’t expound on “dogma” as to “free will” or any other such thing. Then there are the accounts of people being saved in scripture. Per one account 3,000 were saved. It is certain that they didn’t spend days, weeks or months being taught “dogma”. That applies to every “dogma” the Catholic Church demands people believe in.

If the Catholic Church is correct much of scripture is in error. But if scripture is correct than the Catholic Church is in error.

The argument that I’ve heard is that if you believe in *free will* then it puts salvation in the works category, IOW, you have to do something to earn it.