The teachings of Trent are still true.
Do the Roman Catholic teachings of Trent, especially their teachings on 'good works', comply with what the eternal Word of God says ?
Prove that claim.
Going by what RCs post on here the answer is a clear NO.
James 2 14-26 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
FIRST FAITH
What about the bible? Are those teachings true?
Read that last part really slow. True faith is accompanied by works as proof of that faith. But works don't save. They are the outward sign of a person of faith. This isn't rocket science. But why don't you read the 99% of the book of james catholics ignore? Its always one or two verses in chapter 2, nothing else. The entire book proves this is not talking about justification with a vertical view in mind, but horizontal. The entire book is on the people level just like you quoted.
Whether the teachings of Trent are still true or not, is of no count. Roman Catholics quite simply do not live for Christ by living for His will revealed to the world in the Word of God, but rather they live for and defend their 'church' and it's cultic teachings of Roman Catholicism.
Yes.
Yes.
What Trent teaches relative to good works does not comport with Scripture. Trent and Catholicism's view of the purpose of works is not the Biblical view. Catholicism does not understand the relationship of faith and works in the context of salvation. Paul give a great view of the realtionship between faith and works relative to salvation in Eph. 2:8-10
This analogy fails because in the case of Supreme Court decision that declares you, specifically, not guilty, the declaration is specific to you. There is nothing further you need to do to "maintain" that judgement. But if the Supreme Court had declared that a group was not guilty, let's say a group defined by being a peaceful protester at a rally that turned violent, the decision would apply to you specifically only if you really were in the named group - that is, you really were peaceful. Your actions (works) are what qualify you from benefiting from that Supreme Court decision. That is a much closer analogy to salvation from Christ. That salvation is declared for a group defined by signs of faith. Those signs include good works. It is just an analogy, but it is more apt than your analogy.
Yes.
The word "Salvation" used in the Word of God has a very broad concept. To the vast majority of Roman Catholics the word "salvation" means little more than deliverance from the pit of hell. However, salvation means much more than that. True followers of the Lord Jesus Christ receive an abundance of countless blessings that are bestowed upon them when Jesus Christ is their Lord and Savior.
That is what CCC 2010 says too.
"Justification" is a legal term which means "to be declared righteous". When God unites us to Jesus Christ we are aquitted from the condemnation under the Law of God, and the righteousness of Christ is credited to our account.
The Roman Catholic Catechsim says: "To the vast majority of Roman Catholics the word "salvation" means little more than deliverance from the pit of hell."?