Theological Theses · §1003 · Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu

Sola fide is not idle faith apart from works—only living faith justifies

Sola fide does not mean idle faith severed from works can justify.

Only living faith that itself produces good works is justifying faith.

Latin

XXVIII. Praeterea, quando cum Paulo asserimus, hominem justificari sola fide & sine operibus, ex ante dictis satis patet, ab eo nos multum abesse, ut sentiamus fidem quae sola est, & seorsim a bonis operibus existit, vim habere justificandi. Siquidem non aliam fidem justificantem agnoscimus, quam quae viva est, & ex se bona opera producit.

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