The difference between you and aMorePerfectUnion illustrate the difficulty of getting a straight answer to the question of whether good works must accompany faith or whether faith covers even those who persist in sin.
Let me make my statement little more blunt here, shall I?
I don’t care what you have to say, and the apparent attempt to foment discord is not appreciated. Butt out.
It seems that you have not given me a straight answer on why you interpret Paul to mean the exact opposite of his plain words.
It seems that you have not read the ‘straight answer’ that I posted to you.
It also seems that you don’t understand that non-Catholics don’t have one single theology, as unified as we are on justification by faith. (Then again, neither do Catholics. Cough Pope Frank cough.) On this thread, I vaguely seem to remember that you have severe disagreements with the Pope and disagreements with plenty of Catholics whose words were posted above who insist that you must obey the Pope to be Catholic.
Can’t give us the same courtesy to have our own conversations without trying to butt in?
EVERYONE persists in sin.
Becoming saved does not mean we don’t sin any more.
It means the penalty has been paid for our sin and we are now in right relationship with God again.
How much 'sin persisting' can a Catholic DO before they get the dreaded 'RETAINED'?
Is there a LIMIT to the amount of Hail Marys that a confessional priest can impose on a 'faithful' Catholic??
There seems to be a confusion over what it takes to GET 'saved' and what it takes to STAY 'saved'.