Are we saved by Christ through faith or works?

[RFDrummer08]

My fiancee’s baptist and believes that moals have little to do with salvation since Christ dies for our sins once already. She believes you only have to accept him as your savior and you’re saved. She doesn’t understand confession of the sacraments… What do I tell her?

 

[Leonie_Ambrose]

RFDrummer08,

The following links should assist you in better understanding the Catholic Church’s teaching on salvation. If you have any further questions or concerns that are not answered by these links, please [contact Catholic Answers (http://www.catholic.com/home/contact.asp) directly.

**Recommended Reading:
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• **Salvation **from the Catholic Answers Library
• ** Once Saved, Always Saved? **by Jason Evert
• ** Is Justification Ongoing? **by Mark Brumley
• ** It’s Not Over ‘til It’s Over **by Tim Staples
• ** How should a Catholic reply to the question, “have you been saved?”**
• ** What’s the difference between redemption and salvation?**
• ** Where do I find info on salvation?**
• ** Why do we hold to conditional salvation?**
• ** Confused: I can’t be sure I’m going to heaven?**
• ** What about eternal security?**
• ** Does 1 John 5 confirm once saved, always saved?**
• ** Can one lose salvation?**