The Jimmy Akin Podcast | Episode 040 (June 30, 2025)

“Protestants believe in justification by faith alone, and Catholics believe in justification by faith and works.” Right?

Wrong! This is a dramatic and misleading oversimplification.

In this video, Jimmy Akin explains what people on both sides of the debate get wrong on the subject of justification and what the Catholic Church teaches about it.

VIDEO SOURCES:
How to Be Christian video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBw_KCThTUo
Truth Unites video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0djZKV8w1s

Timecodes
00:00 – Coming Up
00:22 – Intro
00:55 – 1 “By Faith Alone”
02:57 – 2 Understanding Justification
06:21 – 3 Confusion #1: Works
11:19 – 4 Confusion #2: The Nature of Faith
17:22 – 5 Justifying Faith: Who’s Right?
23:26 – 6 Confusion #3: “Faith Alone”
32:55 – 7 Conclusion
37:26 – Closing/Outro
38:22 – End