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Faith and Works

Paul says faith, James says works — how the two meet is the heart of the Reformation

This concerns how believing trust and human deeds relate in salvation, a tension felt between Paul's letters and James 2 and sharpened in the Reformation debates. The traditions differ: Protestants hold sola fide, that one is justified by faith alone, while Catholic and Orthodox Christians speak of faith formed by love and working together with cooperating deeds. Both sides affirm faith and good works belong together; they disagree on how each contributes to salvation.

How it traveled

  1. James
    Jerusalem · 62
    explains
  2. Romans
    Corinth · 67
    explains
  3. Galatians
    Ephesus · 67
    explains
  4. 2 Corinthians
    Philippi · 67
    applies
  5. 1 Corinthians
    Ephesus · 67
    explains
  6. Titus
    Ephesus · 67
    explains
  7. Matthew
    Antioch · 80
    explains
  8. Luke
    Rome · 84
    explains
  9. John
    Ephesus · 100
    applies
  10. Revelation
    Patmos · 100
    explains
  11. 1 John
    Ephesus · 100
    explains
  12. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Paul's Epistle to the Romans
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  13. The Commentary and Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Galatians and Ephesians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  14. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  15. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistle to the Hebrews
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  16. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  17. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Timothy, Titus, and Philemon
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  18. Homilies on First Corinthians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  19. Homilies on Second Corinthians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  20. A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  21. A Treatise on the Spirit and the Letter
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  22. A Treatise on Grace and Free Will
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  23. Expositions on the Book of Psalms
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  24. A Treatise on the Predestination of the Saints
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  25. A Treatise Against Two Letters of the Pelagians
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  26. Letters of St. Augustin
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  27. Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  28. City of God
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  29. The Enchiridion
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  30. The Book of Pastoral Rule, and Selected Epistles, of Gregory the Great
    Rome · 604
    explains
  31. Treatise on the Sacraments (qq[60]-90)
    Paris · 1274
    explains
  32. Commentary on Galatians
    Wittenberg · 1546
    explains
  33. Discussion: Third Part
    Wittenberg · 1546
    explains
  34. Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It
    Geneva · 1564
    explains
  35. XIV Five discourses on the soul's eternal salvation
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
    explains
  36. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections, in Three Parts
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
    explains
  37. Seventeen Occasional Sermons
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
    explains
  38. Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
    explains
  39. Misrepresentations Corrected and Truth Vindicated, in Reply to the Rev. Solomon Williams
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
    explains
  40. The great christian doctrine of original sin defended
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
    explains

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