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Catholic salvation model where doing what the church commands can lead to heaven.
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justification by works
Catholic salvation model where doing what the church commands can lead to heaven.
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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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"...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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"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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"...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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"...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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The Protestant Reformation begins as liberation from priest, pope, and ritual.
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