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Catholic salvation model where doing what the church commands can lead to heaven.
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justification by works
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...understandings of faith. The Catholics believe in the idea of justification by works. If you just do what the church tells you to do,..."
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The Catholic idea that salvation depends on correct ritual action and obedience to Church-prescribed works.
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Jiang contrasts Catholic justification by works and Lutheran justification by faith before asking how one can prove true belief.
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Catholic orthodoxy requires memorized dogma, hierarchy restricts proper interpretation to ordained authorities, and justification by works values correct ritual action over belief.
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"...understandings of faith. The Catholics believe in the idea of justification by works. If you just do what the church tells you to do,..."
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"Okay, so good morning. This morning we are doing the Protestant Reformation and I will explain to you how it gave birth to capitalism...."
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"...idea of hierarchy. The last concept is the idea of justification. By works. Okay? And the idea here is if you want to be..."
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"...need is to connect with God, to be with God, to work with God, and to access God."
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"...three basic ideas, right? There's orthodoxy, there's hierarchy, and there's justification by works. So the idea is, hey, if you want to go to..."
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"...And they become extremely wealthy and powerful. The third problem, justification by works, is it leads to hypocrisy. You can be the worst person..."
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"And the third idea is justification by works. The second idea is justification by faith. The problem though, of course, is that these three..."
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"...about your devotion to God before the Catholic Church emphasize Justification by works just follow the rituals just do what the church tells you..."
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"...it's justification by sin now right so catholic church is justification by works the prostitutes are justification by faith and now zebedee's followers are..."
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"...in order to get to heaven, you had to use justification by works. All this means is you do good things. You give money..."
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"...The Senate is the ultimate authority, right? Catholics believe in justification by works. The Romans believe in piety, right? Respecting tradition."
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