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<\/a>\nThe most thorough Catholic case ever assembled against justification by faith alone \u2014 525 Bible passages, 30 Church Fathers in their own words, 30 chapters across 4 parts. Dave Armstrong\u2019s longest single-doctrine work to date, arguing that sola fide is a 16th-century theological novelty without biblical or patristic precedent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Introduction: Defining and Critiquing \u201cFaith Alone\u201d<\/strong> [3 pages] [read below]<\/p>\n PART ONE: The Historical Background<\/strong><\/p>\n 1<\/strong> \u201cFaith Alone\u201d Disproven by 30 Church Fathers<\/a> [24 pages]<\/p>\n 2<\/strong> St. Augustine (No \u201cProto-Protestant\u201d) vs. \u201cFaith Alone\u201d<\/a> [36 pages]<\/p>\n 3<\/strong> Martin Luther & \u201cFaith Alone\u201d: An In-Depth Examination<\/a> [13 pages]<\/p>\n 4<\/strong> Philip Melanchthon & Imputed Justification<\/a> [32 pages]<\/p>\n 5<\/strong> John Calvin & Calvinists on Forensic Justification<\/a> [24 pages]<\/p>\n 6<\/strong> John Wesley vs. Extrinsic Justification & \u201cFaith Alone\u201d<\/a> [25 pages]<\/p>\n PART TWO: Agreement on Justification by Grace Through Faith<\/strong><\/p>\n 7<\/strong> Salvation by Grace Alone: 25 Passages, Contra Works-Salvation & Pelagianism & Semi-Pelagianism<\/a> [3 pages]<\/p>\n 8<\/strong> Justification & Salvation Through Faith and Belief: 50 passages<\/a> [9 pages]<\/p>\n PART THREE: The Overwhelming Biblical Data Against \u201cFaith Alone\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n 9<\/strong> The Ten Best Biblical Prooftexts Against \u201cFaith Alone\u201d<\/a> [3 pages]<\/p>\n 10<\/strong> Saved by Love: Ten Bible Proofs<\/a> [3 pages]<\/p>\n 11<\/strong> Jesus\u2019 Words to the Rich Young Ruler Disprove \u201cFaith Alone\u201d<\/a> [19 pages]<\/p>\n 12<\/strong> Jesus\u2019 Words to the \u201cSheep\u201d & the \u201cGoats\u201d (Matthew 25) Refute \u201cFaith Alone\u201d<\/a> [12 pages]<\/p>\n 13<\/strong> Forty Additional Unanswerable New Testament Passages Contra \u201cFaith Alone\u201d<\/a> [11 pages]<\/p>\n 14<\/strong> 63 More New Testament Passages Inconsistent with \u201cFaith Alone\u201d<\/a> [12 pages]<\/p>\n 15<\/strong> 63 Old Testament Passages Contrary to \u201cFaith Alone\u201d<\/a> [9 pages]<\/p>\n 16<\/strong> 70 Specific Good Works That Contribute to Salvation<\/a> [19 pages]<\/p>\n 17<\/strong> \u201cDo\u201d in the New Testament vs. \u201cFaith Alone\u201d: 24 passages<\/a> [5 pages]<\/p>\n 18<\/strong> Meritorious Works: 36 Biblical Proofs<\/a> [6 pages]<\/p>\n 19<\/strong> Final Judgment & Works as a Central Criterion of Entrance Into Heaven: 12 passages<\/a> [3 pages]<\/p>\n 20<\/strong> Workers with God to Save Ourselves & Others: 21 passages<\/a> [2 pages]<\/p>\n 21<\/strong> Biblical \u201cPower\u201d: Proof of Infused Justification: 11 passages<\/a> [4 pages]<\/p>\n 22<\/strong> Salvation as a Process in the New Testament: 35 passages<\/a> [2 pages]<\/p>\n 23<\/strong> Regeneration & Salvation Through Baptism: 13 passages<\/a> [4 pages]<\/p>\n 24<\/strong> Transformation of Believers in the New Testament (Infused Justification): 134 passages<\/a> [14 pages]<\/p>\n 25<\/strong> \u201cBlameless\u201d & \u201cPure\u201d in the Bible (Sinless?): 32 passages<\/a> [11 pages]<\/p>\n 26<\/strong> Perfectly Keeping the Law: 15 passages<\/a> [6 pages]<\/p>\n 27<\/strong> New Perspective on Paul & Exegesis of \u201cWorks of the Law\u201d: Do They Refer to All Good Works Whatsoever?: Six passage<\/a>s [9 pages]<\/p>\n 28<\/strong> Abraham: Justified Twice by Works & Once by Faith<\/a> [6 pages]<\/p>\n 29<\/strong> Justification in the Book of James: No Different Than Paul\u2019s<\/a> [20 pages]<\/p>\n 30<\/strong> Reply to James White\u2019s Exegesis of James 2 in His Book, The God Who Justifies<\/em><\/a> [24 pages]<\/p>\n [page numbers of chapters are approximate]<\/p>\n PART FOUR: Master List \/ Index of Bible Passages<\/strong> Introduction: Defining and Critiquing \u201cFaith Alone\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Every good treatment of a topic must begin with a definition of terms. And it\u2019s always best in partisan discussions to let the advocate of any particular viewpoint define his or her own<\/em> belief. Thus I begin with a citation from the web page, Lutheran Reformation.Org<\/em><\/a>, and its article, \u201cSola Fide\u201d<\/a> by Rev. Christopher Maronde (16 June 2016). He writes:<\/p>\n The debate of the Reformation, a debate that brought forth the bold declaration \u2018Sola Fide!<\/em>\u2019, was not between good works on the one hand, and faith on the other, but it was a debate over what relationship faith had to good works. Namely, do good works have any place in our justification before God? . . . Sola Fide<\/em> is the battle cry of the Reformation because it puts all things in their proper order. Good works follow, but they never precede; believers are exhorted to good works, but not for salvation.<\/p>\n That\u2019s the whole debate in a nutshell: Do works have anything directly to do with justification and salvation (as opposed to only being the fruits of same, done in gratefulness for a one-time achieved salvation)? Catholics agree that in initial justification, they do not<\/em>, but we believe that justification and salvation are processes and that grace-enabled meritorious good works do indeed play a role in salvation after our initial regeneration. Protestants say \u201cno\u201d to that and separate works in a separate box called \u201csanctification.\u201d<\/p>\n Be that as it may, the Church fathers en masse<\/em> and overwhelmingly also the entire medieval period, following the great St. Augustine\u2019s lead, always kept justification and sanctification together, meaning that works did indeed play a role in salvation: necessarily caused by grace and alongside an equally necessary grace-caused faith. I\u2019ve compiled evidence from thirty of them. I contend in this book, with 525 biblical proofs, that this is undeniably the teaching of the Bible as well.<\/p>\n Note that in all of the scriptural collections of Bible passages in this book in Part Three, there will be no overlap<\/em>. If a Bible passage is in one chapter and collection, it won\u2019t appear in another, as part of the \u201cofficial list.\u201d. This is proven by the index at the end of the book, that lists every single Bible passage (many of my passages have more than one verse) and in what chapter it appears. I did this in order to escape an anticipated accusation that I am using passages multiple times in order to make the total number \u2013 the one in the subtitle of this book \u2014 look bigger. I will, however, list related passages that were utilized elsewhere in brackets at the end \u2013 as a sort of footnote. I try to place each one in the collection and theme that fits it best. But many can arguably be classified in multiple thematic collections.<\/p>\n Note that in all of the scriptural collections of Bible passages in this book in Part Three, there will be no overlap. If a Bible passage is in one chapter and collection, it won\u2019t appear in another, as part of the \u201cofficial list.\u201d. This is proven by the index at the end of the book, that lists every single Bible passage (many of my passages have more than one verse) and in what chapter it appears. I did this in order to escape an anticipated accusation that I am using passages multiple times in order to make the total number (525) look bigger.<\/p>\n If the \u201cReformation\u201d theological battle cry is sola fide<\/em>, then the Catholic counter-cry is the verse in Holy Scripture that expressly and decisively refutes it: \u201cYou see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone\u201d (James 2:24 in RSV: the version that will be used for all the Bible passages in this book). This is, by the way, the only time the phrase \u201cfaith alone\u201d ever appears in the Bible, and it\u2019s opposed<\/em> to \u201cfaith alone.\u201d Perhaps this is why Martin Luther added the word \u201calone\u201d to Romans 3:28 in his German translation, when in fact it wasn\u2019t in the Greek text.<\/p>\n But there is much<\/em>, much<\/em><\/strong> more than that<\/em>, as we\u2019ll see, in the massive amounts of inspired revelation that are not harmonious with faith alone<\/em>: an idea \u2013 according to the leading Protestant historian of the development of the doctrine of justification \u2014 that basically came out of nowhere from one man in the 1530s, as I will document in chapter four.<\/p>\n Whoever reads this book will have to grapple with both history and the very deep and comprehensive wells of Holy Scripture: neither being, I submit, in harmony with the 16th century innovation of faith alone<\/em>.<\/p>\n Related Books of Mine<\/strong><\/p>\n Biblical Catholic Salvation: \u201cFaith Working Through Love\u201d<\/i><\/a> <\/i>(Oct. 2010, 187 pages)<\/p>\n Justification: A Catholic Perspective<\/em><\/a> (co-author: Calvinist Francisco Tourinho [debate] ) (Aug. 2023). Available for FREE<\/strong> online.<\/p>\n Photo credit<\/strong>: book cover designed and produced by Kenny Burchard and Dave Armstrong; copyright 2026 by Catholic Bible Highlights<\/em> (please visit our YouTube channel<\/a>). The person is Philip Melanchthon (1497-1560): Luther\u2019s best friend and successor, and inventor in the 1530s of the standard \u201cfaith alone\u201d outlook now held by almost all Protestants; from the portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder in 1537.<\/p>\n Summary<\/em>: Are good works directly connected to justification and salvation? Evidence from 525 Bible passages and 30 Church fathers proves that \u201cfaith alone\u201d (sola fide<\/em>) is a falsehood.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\nContinue reading (50 more)<\/summary>\n
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