The Meaning of Necessary Good Works

You have always been taught that good works are necessary. What does “necessary good works” mean? Those who promote error give the word necessary just their one meaning that is often the first meaning listed in many dictionaries. We are called sometimes to explain the proper meaning of terms that have been corralled into one culturally popular meaning. We learn in catechism that good works are much more than helping a little old lady cross the street, starting a soup kitchen in the city to...