I don't see condemnation in either passage. Paul doesn't "condemn" works and James doesn't "condemn" faith alone - they both realize we are saved by our faith in Christ but faith (like love) is revealed in behavior.
Neither Jew nor Gentile are saved by the works of the law (e.g. circumcision) but by their entrance into the New Covenant by the faith of Jesus Christ. This is not speaking of acts of moral goodness, but of the performance of the ritual works of the Old Law.
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No good Catholic would claim that we are saved *by* works, but rather that we are not saved without them, because God by his grace gives us the ability to do good and, to paraphrase Augustine, "crowns the gifts he gives."pic.twitter.com/zX2z5H5cgb
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The canons of the Council of Trent make clear this is the Church's teaching on the subject. I would commend to you this book from Jimmy Akin on what the Church really teaches on justification and its biblical foundations. https://www.amazon.com/Drama-Salvation-Rescues-Delivers-Eternal/dp/1941663125 …pic.twitter.com/67oh8ogAFj
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