YES or NO question about works...

[Le_Chiot_Noir]

Selective quoting where leaving off the following text changes the apparent meaning of the quoted text 180 degrees is deceitful, pure and simple. Can you possibly disagree?

To paraphrase an expression, never attribute to malice what can easily be explained by, ah, carelessness is the kindest word I can substitute.

His zeal to ask probably overtook his due diligence. That’s how I see it charitably anyway.

 

[RyanML]

Nice…the rest of the context has nothing to do with what I am questioning but heh thanks for calling me a deceiver…

My apologies. I did not mean to offend you. But the rest of the passage is quite important. What it is saying is that by our good works our souls may be so disposed to receive God’s gift of justification. We can prepare and dispose oursleves to obtain or receive justification, but we can not merit, or earn it. As the catechism says, it is indeed a free gift of grace, not of works. God bless!

 

[Michael_Francis]

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