The Roman Catholic View of Salvation | Rapp Report Daily 0089 | Striving for Eternity

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This is a ministry of striving for eternity. When we get to the doctrine of salvation within Roman Catholicism, boy do we see a difference between what the

Bible says and what the Roman Catholic Church says. They believe, and mark this because many

Christians get this wrong, people will say that the Catholic Church does not believe in salvation by faith.

They do believe in salvation by faith. The difference is they do not believe in salvation by faith alone.

That's the key. They believe it is faith plus works.

So they believe that an infant must be baptized to remove the effects of original sin so that they can then have the ability to choose to do right.

But they can do works that merit or earn them salvation. Some of these ways are through their seven sacraments that people can do, and these are methods of earning salvation.

Anytime you have earning of salvation, you have a different gospel than the Bible. It's what

Galatians says should be accursed. You want proof that they have a works -based salvation?

Just look at what we'll see tomorrow in their view of purgatory, where people go to purgatory to earn their heavenly guest pass.

It is a way of paying off the debt that they owe so that they can get into heaven and out of purgatory.

That's the ultimate proof of works. If you want to get more about this, get my book

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