Justification by faith and works

• This was the position taken by the Catholic Church at the Counter-Reformation, which was its response to the Protestant Reformation. It stated that sone human effort had to be put into the process of justification
• Justification is God's gift to humanity
• Justification is given through the atoning death of Jesus and through baptism
• The power of the Holy Spirit enables us to live good lives
• Responding to God's race by living in a way that pleases God is an integral part of the process of salvation