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What type of salvation does your Church believe? I only believe in Justification by Faith.

We believe in sola fide salvation—by faith alone.

So do we.

I don't believe in sola fide, I affirm justification by faith but not a faith that does not produce works of love. Not salvation by works but by faith which produces works.

Eleventh, please explain. I want to understand more about the statement: "Not a faith which produces works of love." I believe in justification by faith, but if by the phrase in question you mean that once you are saved through the faith, the Holy Spirit indwelling you fills you with a desire to serve God out of love for His grace and goodness to you, I believe that. Anything else, not really. But I still want to hear what you believe.

I would say that the indwelling of the Holy Spirit renews our human nature and makes us capable of receiving His grace. Where I would differ from Sola Fide is that I would not say Christ then imputes a change in legal status upon us but that justification is an ongoing process by which we receive the grace of God through synergistic acts such as the sacraments. To be clear though, we in no way earn that grace we are simply cooporating in our justification with God.

Real faith produces real works.