It would be awesome if Protestants actually knew what the Church teaches before disagreeing with it.
Catholics do not believe you can work your way into heaven. It is only through the grace of Christ.
BUT
You can sin your way into hell. That is where the disagreement is. Many Protestants believe as long as you have faith in Christ you can do whatever you like and still go to heaven. That’s where we disagree.
Many Protestants believe as long as you have faith in Christ you can do whatever you like and still go to heaven. That’s where we disagree.
No, we don't disagree. There are many people who will claim to follow Christ at judgment day and will be rejected.
Just as there are many Protestants who mistakenly believe faith gives one license to sin, there are many Catholics who believe as long as they say their rosaries and confess their sins to a priest and take the Eucharist, they are good to go.
Catholic theologians love to quote the following from 1 John 5 when asked about venial and mortal sins-
1 John 5:16
If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.
I've never heard those same theologians quote this verse from the same chapter-
1 John 5:21
Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
James 2:26
It would be awesome if Protestants actually knew what the Church teaches before disagreeing with it.
Catholics do not believe you can work your way into heaven. It is only through the grace of Christ.
BUT
You can sin your way into hell. That is where the disagreement is. Many Protestants believe as long as you have faith in Christ you can do whatever you like and still go to heaven. That’s where we disagree.
What does not acceptable mean? Do you go to hell if you are unrepentant?
No, we don't disagree. There are many people who will claim to follow Christ at judgment day and will be rejected.
Just as there are many Protestants who mistakenly believe faith gives one license to sin, there are many Catholics who believe as long as they say their rosaries and confess their sins to a priest and take the Eucharist, they are good to go.
Catholic theologians love to quote the following from 1 John 5 when asked about venial and mortal sins-
1 John 5:16
If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.
I've never heard those same theologians quote this verse from the same chapter-
1 John 5:21
Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.