WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Protestants and Catholics agree that faith is necessary for salvation. The Bible clearly teaches that it is. Good works alone do not merit salvation. No one can “buy” heaven with enough good works, or good enough motives.

Detailed explanation-2: -The main tenets of the Catholic religion are that 1) God is universal and loves everyone; 2) Jesus Christ came to save all the people; 3) not formally belonging to the Catholic church is objectively sinful, and 4) no one who is sinful makes it into heaven.

Detailed explanation-3: -COGIC teaches that salvation is the work of redemption to the sinner and his restoration to divine favor and communion with God. Salvation is an operation of the Holy Spirit upon sinners brought about by repentance toward God, which brings about conversion, faith, justification, and regeneration.

Detailed explanation-4: -According to Catholics and Eastern Orthodox we are justified by God’s grace which is a free gift but is received through baptism initially, through the faith that works for love in the continuous life of a Christian and through the sacrament of reconciliation if the grace of justification is lost through grave sin.

Detailed explanation-5: -Faith and Works: Both Necessary In Romans 3:22 we see that we are saved by faith in Jesus Christ. Catholic theology supports these teachings of the Bible and holds them in balance. The Catechism of the Catholic Church in paragraph 2008 says that “good works are done to glorify God and are done in honor of him.”