How does Catholicism teach a false gospel of works that leads to eternal hell ?

This has been mentioned by one person in nearly every one of his answers, what does he mean by this?How does Catholicism teach a false gospel of works that leads to eternal hell ?
Since Jesus began the Catholic Church and since he is the head of the Catholic Church, this person is basically saying that Jesus is leading us to eternal hell.





Do you think Jesus would teach a false gospel that leads people into hell? It seems that would defeat his whole purpose of coming to save us from eternal damnation.





The person who was saying this must really hate Jesus and his holy church. Perhaps one day his blindness will become sight and his hate will become love.





God bless.How does Catholicism teach a false gospel of works that leads to eternal hell ?
The person is confused about what the Catholic Church teaches. The teaching of the Church is that we are saved by grace and nothing else, and that all grace is through the Cross of Christ.





Some protestants believe we are saved by faith. Catholics believe we are saved by grace.





Works are necessary, to Catholics, but are in no way sufficient. No one can, by his own merits, gain heaven. So, the person is accusing the Church of teaching something it does not teach.
The Catholic Church does not teach salvation by or a gospel of works


The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that we are saved by grace through faith that works through Love (Gal 5:6)





Chris and other antiCatholics who refuse to study the Catechism try to label all who do not teach that faith in isolation saves teaches a 'gospel of works';





The Bible does not teach salvation by isolated faith alone


Saving faith does not exist alone but is always accompanied by hope and love and commitment to staying in the state of grace
He does seem almost desperate in his denunciations of the Church, doesn't he? That ';false gospel of works'; line seems to be what he clings to the most. Such a sustained vendetta -- he's been at this relentlessly for over two years now -- makes me wonder who he needs to forgive. That's usually what drives such blind and protracted anger.





I continue to pray at least a decade of my daily Rosary for him as well as others (some of whom have graciously answered your question so that I can pray specifically for the name behind a particular avatar) who hate what they *think*, or want to think, the Church is.





BTW -- he's posting as ';CJ'; again:


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What he means by it is ';I don't have a clue what I'm talking about, so I'm going to spew forth whatever random thing I can think of.';








He seems really....you know, so please don't think all protestants are like that! I'm not Catholic, but I have Catholic friends I love and wouldn't give up for the world.
It doesn't, of course. But he has said it so often that he has convinced himself.





What it does teach is exactly what the Bible says.





What Our Lord demands is ``faith that worketh by charity .'' (Gal. 5 :6). Read Matthew 25:31-46, which describes the Last Judgment as being based on works of charity. The first and greatest commandment, as given by Our Lord Himself, is to love the Lord God with all one's heart, mind, soul, and strength; and the second great commandment is to love one's neighbor as oneself. (Mark 12:30-31). When the rich young man asked Our Lord what he must do to gain eternal life, Our Lord answered: ``Keep the commandments.'' (Matt. 19:17). Thus, although faith is the beginning, it is not the complete fulfillment of the will of God. Nowhere in the Bible is it written that faith alone justifies. When St. Paul wrote, ``For we account a man to be justified by faith, without the works of the law,'' he was referring to works peculiar to the old Jewish Law, and he cited circumcision as an example.


The Catholic Church does not teach that purely human good works are meritorious for salvation; such works are not meritorious for salvation, according to her teaching. Only those good works performed when a person is in the state of grace--that is, as a branch drawing its spiritual life from the Vine which is Christ (John 15:4-6)--only these good deeds work toward our salvation, and they do so only by the grace of God and the merit of Jesus Christ. These good works, offered to God by a soul in the state of grace (i.e., free of mortal sin, with the Blessed Trinity dwelling in the soul), are thereby supernaturally meritorious because they share in the work and in the merits of Christ. Such supernatural good works will not only be rewarded by God, but are necessary for salvation.





St. Paul shows how the neglect of certain good works will send even a Christian believer to damnation: ``But if any man have not care of his own, and especially of those of his house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.'' (1 Tim. 5:8). Our Lord tells us that if the Master (God) returns and finds His servant sinning, rather than performing works of obedience, He ``shall separate him, and shall appoint him his portion with unbelievers.'' (Luke 12:46).





Furthermore, Catholics know they will be rewarded in Heaven for their good works. Our Lord Himself said: ``For the Son of man . . . will render to every man according to his works.'' (Matt. 16:27). ``And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, amen I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.'' (Matt. 10:42). Catholics believe, following the Apostle Paul, that ``every man shall receive his own reward, according to his own labor.'' (1 Cor. 3:8). ``For God is not unjust, that he should forget your work, and the love which you have shown in his name, you who have ministered, and do minister to the saints.'' (Heb. 6:10). ``I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. As to the rest, there is laid up for me a crown of justice, which the Lord the just judge will render to me in that day: and not only to me, but to them also that love his coming.'' (2 Tim. 4:7-8).





Still, Catholics know that, strictly speaking, God never owes us anything. Even after obeying all God's commandments, we must still say: ``We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which we ought to do.'' (Luke 17:10). As St. Augustine (5th century) stated: ``All our good merits are wrought through grace, so that God, in crowning our merits, is crowning nothing but His gifts.''





Had St. Paul meant that faith ruled out the necessity of good works for salvation, he would not have written: ``. . . and if I should have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.'' (1 Cor. 13:2). If faith ruled out the necessity of good works for salvation, the Apostle James would not have written: ``Do you see that by works a man is justified; and not by faith only'? . . . For even as the body without the spirit is dead; so also faith without works is dead.'' (James 2:24-26). Or: ``What shall it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but hath not works? Shall faith be able to save him?'' (James 2:14). If faith ruled out the necessity of good works for salvation, the Apostle Peter would not have written: ``Wherefore, brethren, labor the more, that by good works you may make sure your calling and election. For doing these things, you shall not sin at any time. For so an entrance shall be ministered to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.'' (2 Peter 1:10-11). If faith ruled out the necessity of good works for salvation, the primitive Christian Fathers would not have advocated good works in such powerful words. Wrote St. Irenaeus, one of the most illustrious of the primitive Christian Fathers: ``For what is the use of knowing
It means he is blind and cannot see the truth if it hit him in the face. He probably will answer, but hasn't been on answers yet.


Kiss that darling baby for me! Even if she does give me a raspberry. God bless you.
What he means is that he's a typical, judgemental Protestant bigot.
Ignore him; he's a Catholic hating bigot. There's tons here.
It doesnt. He is a hateful bigot that gets all of his information from anti Catholic hate sites
All we can do is pray for him - that his heart is healed from the ignorance and misinformation. Sometimes I wonder if he isn't a closet Catholic.
That would be CJ.
It doesn't.
they dont......hell is the grave....
Catholicism teaches that the believer receives grace through the instruments of sacraments, and the hands of the priest. Salvation is contingent upon remaining in the fatih , and receiving the sacraments.





That is juxtaposed to evangelical Christianity, where Jesus did all the work, procured our salvation, and we just have to believe him in faith.
LOL it has the same chances of being wrong as your faith in your religion does. The truth of the matter is you won't really know for sure until you leave this world. So until then keep your mind open and don't be so quick to judge since your don't have all the answers either.
Catholicism teaches that the work Jesus did on the cross was not enough and that you must earn your salvation thru work or by praying to mary to put in a good word for you. Sorry if this torks people off but the bible clearly states NO ONE is saved by works alone. Works are important yes, but they do not lead to salvation..period. Only Jesus does..praying to Mary will not get you there...eatng peice fo bread that is supposed to be considered the very flesh of Jesus is just plain blasphemous, disgusting and will not get you to heaven. The prayer beads or rosary, will not get you heaven. See where this going?? Most of the catholic teaching is idolatry and pagan worship wrapped up in the christian brand. The church is a wolf among sheep and very dangerous
In Greece and Rome, before Christianity, the chief god was Jupiter and his son was Apollo. After Christianity came, the chief god became God and His son became Jesus.





In Rome, Sunday was the day designated for the worship of the sun god Apollo, the son of the chief god, Jupiter. However, after Christianity came, Sunday became designated for the worship of Jesus, ';son of God';.





The 25th of December was the Roman festival marking the ';birthday of the unconquered sun'; (Apollo) ';Natalis solis invicti';. However, after Christianity came, the 25th of December marked the birthday of Jesus, ';God's son';.