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:Protestantism preaches the necessity of salvation by faith in Jesus Christ, and condemns the Catholic Church for preaching the necessity of salvation by faith and good works together in Jesus Christ as a "gospel of works" which Paul condemns (Romans 3:20-31), and yet Paul preaches the necessity of slavery to works of righteousness in Christ (Romans 6; Ephesians 2; 2 Thessalonians 3; 1 Timothy 2; Titus 2), and James says "''You see that a man is justified by '''works''' and '''not by faith alone'''''" (James 2:24). Those who do not do good works are condemned (Matthew 25:31-46; Romans 2:6-11; Hebrews 13:15-17; 1 John 3:4-18). This clearly opposes the doctrine of ''[[sola fide]]'' "faith alone". See the following:
:*[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/418/418-h/418-h.htm '''A Treatise on Good Works, Martin Luther 1520''']
:::" 'Thou shalt honor thy father and thy mother.' <br> "From this Commandment we learn that after the excellent works of the first three Commandments there are no better works than to obey and serve all those who are set over us as superiors. For this reason also disobedience is a greater sin than murder, unchastity, theft and dishonesty, and all that these may include. <br> '''... ''' <br>"The second work of this Commandment is to honor and obey the spiritual mother, the holy Christian Church, the spiritual power, so that we conform to what she commands, forbids, appoints, orders, binds and looses, and honor, fear and love the spiritual authority as we honor, love and fear our natural parents, and yield to it in all things which are not contrary to the first three Commandments. <br> '''... ''' <br> "Therefore, apart from faith all works are dead, however good the form and name they bear." —<small>''A Treatise on Good Works: "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor"'', III.</small><br> '''... ''' <br> (''Throughout this treatise, it is strikingly apparent that Luther constantly contradicts himself, point after point and paragraph after paragraph.'')
:*[http://catholicapologetics.info/thechurch/catechism/ApostlesCreed07.shtml '''The Catechism of the Council of Trent (The Roman Catechism): The Creed: Article 7 "From Thence He Shall Come to Judge the Living and the Dead"''' (catholicapologetics.info)] ''16th century Catholic doctrine on Faith and works''.
