There is freedom, purpose, meaning, and hope in this balance. Imperfection can be forgiven through grace and love. Filial piety demands sincere striving to atone for the past through obedient works now and tomorrow. Those works never create salvation but are outward signs.
-
Show this thread
-
Replying to @TheBrometheus
Whoa, that last sentence sounds very Protestant.
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
This Tweet is unavailable.
-
Now I’ve had a few debates with Catholics who would say otherwise. They have a notion of salvation being faith+works. Isn’t this what the Counsel of Trent teaches?
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
This Tweet is unavailable.
-
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. Ephesians 2:8-9. Show it to anyone who says otherwise.
2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @TheBrometheus @Oghma_EM
Oh I have. Then they usually whip out James 2, faith without works is dead. Then they argue works are necessary for salvation. My counter is what
@Oghma_EM said, works are a sign of the underlining faith.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
You’re exactly right. Works come from faith in the same way oxygen comes out from living plants. Oxygen is a byproduct of the plant’s life process.
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
This may seem like a silly distinction and splitting hairs to some, but the crux is this: If a man produces no works the answer is not to rush out and do works, but to examine why his faith is so weak that it creates no urgency to work.
2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
The works are not the goal, the faith is the goal. The works are how you know the invisible process is in correct harmony.
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.