“strengthen faith and forgive sin.”
You are half right.
Because Grace saves us through faith not through sacraments or any other form of outward expressions. While they may strengthen us that still isn’t our salvation. I give all the Glory to God through Jesus Christ for his Grace that he showed us in the finished work on the cross. My point is that the rcc claims after the cot that the sacraments save you, but that just isn’t true and the rcc didn’t believe it either before the cot.
Ephesians 2:8-9 Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition (DRA)
8 For by grace you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, for it is the gift of God;
Romans 10:9 Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition (DRA)
9 For if thou confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in thy heart that God hath raised him up from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Let me say this loud and clear NO sacrament saves you or forgives any sin. Only the shed blood of Jesus Christ forgives sins and not by works but by Grace through faith.
“Let me say this loud and clear NO sacrament saves you or forgives any sin.”
Matthew, Mark, Luke, Paul, and Peter all disagree with you.
“Only the shed blood of Jesus Christ forgives sins and not by works but by Grace through faith.”
That is a very true statement.