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− | |link=/Early Christian views on salvation | + | |link=Grace and works/Early Christian views on salvation |
|subject=Early Christian views on salvation | |subject=Early Christian views on salvation | ||
|summary=What can the writings of early Christians tell us about how to receive salvation in Jesus Christ? | |summary=What can the writings of early Christians tell us about how to receive salvation in Jesus Christ? | ||
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|summary=Some claim that the Church ignores the doctrine of grace at the expense of "works." Critics argue that Church leaders do not teach this doctrine, and as a result most members of the Church do not expect to be saved, since they are not "good enough." | |summary=Some claim that the Church ignores the doctrine of grace at the expense of "works." Critics argue that Church leaders do not teach this doctrine, and as a result most members of the Church do not expect to be saved, since they are not "good enough." | ||
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|subject=Salvation by faith alone | |subject=Salvation by faith alone | ||
|summary=Evangelical Christians claim that salvation comes through "faith alone" (sola fide) and they accuse Latter-day Saints of holding to an un-Biblical belief of "works-based salvation." | |summary=Evangelical Christians claim that salvation comes through "faith alone" (sola fide) and they accuse Latter-day Saints of holding to an un-Biblical belief of "works-based salvation." | ||
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|subject=Scriptures on grace and works | |subject=Scriptures on grace and works | ||
|summary=Critics of the church claim that the Bible teaches that individual works are completely unnecessary, in contrast to the doctrine of the LDS church that an individual's obedience to the commandments of God matters in his salvation. | |summary=Critics of the church claim that the Bible teaches that individual works are completely unnecessary, in contrast to the doctrine of the LDS church that an individual's obedience to the commandments of God matters in his salvation. | ||
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|subject=Unforgivable sin | |subject=Unforgivable sin | ||
|summary=Why did LDS apostle Bruce McConkie write that a man may commit a sin so grievous that it will place him beyond the atoning blood of Christ (''Mormon Doctrine'', 1979, p. 93) when the Bible says that the blood of Christ cleanses us from all sin (1 John 1:7)? | |summary=Why did LDS apostle Bruce McConkie write that a man may commit a sin so grievous that it will place him beyond the atoning blood of Christ (''Mormon Doctrine'', 1979, p. 93) when the Bible says that the blood of Christ cleanses us from all sin (1 John 1:7)? |
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