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Codex Vaticanus, Matthew 1:22–2:18, Greek scribe

James 2:14

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What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?

Catechism · 1

  • §162Article 1 · I BelieveRead at vatican.va

    “To live, grow and persevere in the faith until the end we must nourish it with the word of God; we must beg the Lord to increase our faith; it must be "working through charity," abounding in hope, and rooted in the faith of the Church.” — Catechism footnote: Gal 5:6; Rom 15:13; cf. Jas 2:14-26

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John Cassian

  • “…therefore to the tombs, and let us invoke the name of the Lord over the first dead man we find, and let us, as it is written, “show our faith by our works,” that by His testimony the manifest proofs of a right faith may be shown, and we may prove the clear truth not by an empty discussion of words but by the power…” — editor's note: Cf. S. James ii. 14.

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Augustine of Hippo

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