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Baptism - So Lutherans, Eastern Orthodox, and Anglicans - all who insist on infant baptism - aren't Christians? Infant baptism and adult baptisms are both mentioned in the Scriptures. While I am not a proponent of infant baptism myself, the issue can be argued either way. Some protestants demand baptism after conversion. Is that not a form of "works"?
Penance - Similar to what we protestants refer to as repentance. Our confession of sins is not supposed to be just a one time thing. People like to quote 1 John 1:9, but they don't seem to realize the verb tense indicates an ongoing confession. If we don't continue to repent, is our faith true? If we do continue to repent, is that not a type of work?
Eucharist - Somewhat similar to our protestant communion, with a major difference being that we treat it as symbolic rather than believing we are literally eating Christ. This is an issue where I am also very critical of the RCC. Despite my critical viewpoint on the Eucharist, I'm far from convinced that all RCs are non-Christian.
If a person is born-again, but lives his/her life without reading or meditating on the Scriptures, praying, fellowshipping with believers, or proclaiming the gospel, is he/she a Christian? If he/she does do all of this, don't they qualify as works?
Faith without works is dead. Works without faith is worthless.
Penance - Similar to what we protestants refer to as repentance. Our confession of sins is not supposed to be just a one time thing. People like to quote 1 John 1:9, but they don't seem to realize the verb tense indicates an ongoing confession. If we don't continue to repent, is our faith true? If we do continue to repent, is that not a type of work?
Eucharist - Somewhat similar to our protestant communion, with a major difference being that we treat it as symbolic rather than believing we are literally eating Christ. This is an issue where I am also very critical of the RCC. Despite my critical viewpoint on the Eucharist, I'm far from convinced that all RCs are non-Christian.
If a person is born-again, but lives his/her life without reading or meditating on the Scriptures, praying, fellowshipping with believers, or proclaiming the gospel, is he/she a Christian? If he/she does do all of this, don't they qualify as works?
Faith without works is dead. Works without faith is worthless.