His works? or Rome's works?
So direct and precise.
Just like the DIRECT question Christ was asked and the DIRECT answer He gave:
Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”
John 6:28-29
Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”
John 6:25-40
25 When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?”
26 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. 27 Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.”
28 Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”
29 Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”
30 So they asked him, “What sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do? 31 Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’[c]”
32 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
34 “Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.”
35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. 36 But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. 37 All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. 38 For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. 40 For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”
There is none righteous, no not one. All have sinned and come short of the Glory of God. But of course you Catholics have been taught that you can get that by eating a transubstantiated wheat wafer ... how blind they can be when their catholic pride is assaulted! Working your way to eternal life, work work work ... along that broad road, striving striving striving, always proud of your efforts. Sadly, your pay will not be what you have been indoctrinated to expect. ... If only you could get it the right way around, that Salvation comes by believing on Him Whom God sent for your salvation, THEN He is glorified as He leads you in good works. You work to glorify yourself. He works in those who have submitted to Him, and HE gets the glory.
Neither because our righteousness is not our own nor a result of our own works.
A believer's righteousness is Christ's righteousness credited to our account when we believe.
Mankind's attempts at righteousness is equivalent nothing more than a two year old's scribbling with crayon on the Mona Lisa, and that even falls far short as an analogy.
Or digging a ditch and claiming it's the Grand Canyon.
Is that a serious question???
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (John 14:6)