Hello brother and sisters, I am a convert from Islam to Christianity. At first I was Protestant for 1 and about half year and very anti-Catholic. However by Gods grace and people like Trent Horn and Catholic Answers, GLORY TO GOD I am in the RCIA.

This is what I try to teach my Sunday school students. The devil is able to quote Scripture, but he invariably takes it out of context.

Whoa whoa whoa... what's this I hear at 7:19 ? Trent Horn advertising for the "Bible in a Year" podcast? We just did that yesterday!!!! (Shakes fist). We're reading you loud and clear Mr. Horn; shots fired, shots acknowledged. (...to be continued) - Your Nemesis: Ferris

This makes a lot of sense. I’ve always noticed awkward cutoffs between chapters every time I read my Bible and I’m not gonna lie it kinda annoys me. Glad to hear this wasn’t the original authors’ intent.

Thank you for everything Trent. You’re book “Why We’re Catholic” had a big part in my Conversion to Catholicism. It explained things in a manner I could understand. It also played a part in my wife and mother-in-laws recent conversions as well. God bless.

Thank you for the work you do! You will never run out of topics for videos!

This is brilliant. I'm an Anglican whose looking to convert as soon as RCIA classes resume at my local church. Just because someone can quote the Bible, doesn't necessarily mean they understand it. Using chapter and verse is useful as an index but is too often used, especially in protestant circles, to say 'l know more than you!'. 🙄. Great video Trent 👌🙏

Thanks for covering these topics. Your show is very helpful.

So glad you spoke about the bible in a year podcast!

Just discovered this amazing channel, thank you! 😁

To be honest, we Protestant could do better with knowing the story of the Bible rather than just a bunch of proof texts

This is great! Would love a similar video (as unbiased as possible) comparing Catholic Translations and the pros and cons of Formal and Dynamic (thought for thought) Equivalence translation methods.

Yes it’s Awana, and I went to Awana back when I was a kid being “raised” Protestant and even now as a Catholic adult I still use those tools for the deuterocanon

sometimes i feel bad for not being able to memorize every chapter and verse, but i think what matters first and foremost is that you understand the contents of each book and are able to tell the stories within the books to other people and get the key points across, the specific chapter and verse is always something one can look up, but its important to comprehend the text all together. sometimes Catholics get teased or even made fun of for not memorizing Scripture, but actually understanding and properly interpreting Scripture is by far more important than having it memorized in my opinion...its a weird thing to make fun of another Christian for. but if you really wish to memorize parts to be able to quote faster, then remembering the contents by chapter is easiest. it's like with math, sure you can memorize formulas, but memorizing a formula doesn't mean you actually understand what the formula is saying, it's better to be able to recognize a formula and know what it fully means than to mindlessly memorize them

Thank you Trent!! That’s why is so important for us to read de Bible and prepare our selves.

I've been doing the Bible/Catechism in a year, using a plan made by Coming Home Network, with the Haydock commentary. I'm a month in and couldn't recommend it more! If you have the time, I think all Catholics should try to do it at some point

Constructive criticism, Trent: move your lighting from directly head-on. CA or Cameron Bertuzzi would probably help out with that (while you help convert him!). It's just a bit intense. E: my two favourite Catholic KZfaqrs both replied my comment. 😍

Do a podcast / video on various translations that change meanings of words and doctrine. As well as how the new lectionary removes certain topics that are socially difficult for modern sensibilities.

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:03 📖 Chapters and verses are not original parts of the Bible, but later additions that can sometimes obscure the original meaning of the text. 01:14 🧩 Catholics and Protestants have different approaches to knowing the Bible; chapters and verses are like markers for finding specific passages. 02:08 📜 Early versions of the Bible didn't have chapters and verses; these divisions were introduced in the 13th century and later. 05:24 📖 Modern chapter divisions don't always align with the author's intent; for instance, the Gospel of Matthew is divided into five major parts, not 28 chapters. 06:47 📖 Genesis 2:1-3 and other divisions can create confusing chapter breaks that disrupt the narrative flow. 07:31 📚 Chapters and verses are useful for referencing and reading plans, but they shouldn't overshadow the organic flow of the text. 08:54 📚 Understanding context across chapter divisions is essential for grasping the full meaning of passages, such as the Communion of Saints. 11:00 🕊️ Careful reading is required to recognize connections between chapters, like Revelation 11 and 12 linking the Ark of the Covenant to Mary. 13:21 📖 The placement of headings can disrupt the logical flow of text, affecting the understanding of topics like Peter's role and papal authority. 17:05 📖 Chapters and verses can encourage proof texting, but they also aid navigation and motivation for consistent Bible reading.

4:25 taking a dig at sola scriptura LOL btw, i just finished your Protestant Reformation video at School of Apologetics. awesome stuff.

Also, with the memorized *content* of a Bible verse, we can nowadays easily find the book, chapter and verse, simply by using a search engine. It's good to have it as a reference when talking with others, but it doesn't give you extra points in a discussion if you know chapter and verse number by heart.

This is why I like the material sufficiency view over partum partum.

New English Bible (which was praised by Ven. Fulton Sheen) ameliorates this problem by using a paragraph format and putting chapter and verse markers on the side; if a chapter division is unnatural, sometimes the paragraph division even cuts across two chapters. This helps deal with the problem you're talking about.

I agree that the chapters and verse system really helps with engaging and studying the text. Without the chapters and verses it would be a little intimidating to open the Bible and see a big block of text. :O

amazing video, ive never thought about this before

Stephen Cardinal Langton was the same Archbishop of Canterbury who wrote the Magna Carta.

Revelation 12 really starts in chapter 11.

This also includes the standard revise Catholic Edition, and the American Catholic bible.

I have a translation of the Jerusalem Bible, and both Daniel Ch. 6 and Ecclesiastes Ch. 12 begin in the middle of a sentence that's at end of the last chapter in most translations.

Really good point.

Awesome video!

Excellent. As a cultural Catholic that left the church and was bible thumping protestant and came back to the Catholic faith, I agree. Protestants pride themselves in knowing the Word; however, they will forget, gloss over scripture that upholds Catholic Dogma and Doctrine. We can learn from our protestant brethren in studying scripture and knowing it. Unfortunately, when I came back to the Catholic faith, many Catholics prided themselves with ignorance of scripture. Its amazing when protestants attack the Catholic faith, and you give a defense for the faith, they don't want to scripture. Also, its importantant to have a Catholic Bible. The Duay Rhiems is the best translation because it comes straight from the Latin Vulgate. If you read it it does match neatly to modern translations. The second best translation is the Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition. I am not found of the New American Bible translation. It's a modern, almost protestant version. Also the words of Our Lord are not in red. Stay away from protestant translations." Ignorant of scripture is ignorant of God", St Jerome! Read scripture with the knowledge of Catholic teachings and theology.

I do have a question about the chapter/verse insertion 600-700 years ago: With regard to the daily lectionary, the daily office readings, how was this demarcated prior to the insertion of chapter and verse numbers? It would seem a bit vague to just say "each day read the book of Exodus for five minutes, commencing where you left off yesterday, and when you get through that book begin Leviticus in the same way and so on until you reach the end, then begin again". Or some such. There must have been a way to "dole out" and parcel up the daily readings in a way that churchmen at least could follow, at least the literate ones, and that would enable people in widely flung regions to be "on the same page" liturgically and calendrically in their parish, monastery, convent, friary, or wherever.

Great Video!

I have a reader's edition of the Jerusalem Bible. I have to say, the format is wonderful for what Horn is talking about.

Thank you :)

Great message. St. John the Baptist leaping/dancing for joy naked once in Mary's and Christ's presence is also a reference to her as the Ark of the New Covenant in relation to David dancing in front of the old ark.

Was already on board with the idea before I saw this, but really wish there was a Catholic Bible that was in print without Chapter and Verse, and just read like the scrolls. Be even better if I could get a second one of just the Psalms. And perhaps the NT as well, but still primarily the Psalms.

IMO Rev 12f interprets Rev 11. 15-19. The Arc of the Covenant was typically brought into battle. Rev 12f depicts the cosmic battle which is summarised in Rev 11. The chapter headings and verse numbers do not necessarily hinder correct interpretation. Typically they seek to capture the existing blocks of thought. e.g. The conjunctions 'then', 'and' and 'now' in the Rev texts quoted. If one reads scripture enough the key words which signify blocks, transitions, flows of thought become more and more apparent. The chapters and verses become less important.

Having the right Bible is the first step...:)

Trent, Are there any Catholic versions of the Bible available today that don't have the Chapter and Verse divisions?

Would love to see a rebuttal for Winger's new video against transubstantiation

Yup, AWANA! I was an AWANA kid, probably taught me well which lead me to Catholicism. Yes, Catholics could benefit from it or something similar, but making sure your entire theology jives with the entire Bible is more important.

I read the Bible daily alongside the Catechism.

I'm starting to memorize the verses because they keep quoting the same 10 verses.

Hello, Mr. Horn. Somebody commented on Universalism and got me curious. Maybe you could make a video about it. I am Reformed in my beliefs but I do listen to Catholics, atheist and people I generally do not agree with. I think it is healthy to understand correctly opposing views. My specific questions is around the current catholic teaching that even people who even rejects Jesus "can" be saved. When I first heard Bishop Barron explain this catholic teaching, it really surprised me and reminded me of "universalism". I know that the Roman catholic church does not teach "universalism". i understand the difference between "will be" and "can be". My question then is what is the role of faith in the salvation of people who rejects Christ and yet "can still be saved". Hope you could make a video about this. I may disagree with you but more power to you. Thank you.

My own peeve with current 'English' editions - even to so-called 'Anglicised' version - is with the spelling form, 'sift' instead of the proper 'sieve', 'learned' instead of 'learnt', and the sad loss of British spellings in favour of American norms, which is seen as more modern.

Obviously scripture should always be read in context. However, knowing chapter and verse is a good thing as it allows people to verify that what you are saying is actually Biblical. Many people like to "quote" the Bible that aren't actually saying anything that is in the Bible.

Was the whole Old Testament without chapter wise divisions ? How about the Pslams - St. Augustine's commentary is treating it chapter by chapter. I'm curious to know.

Thank you for sharing this useful information! But why do the contemporary Bible translators maintain this arbitrary (and seemingly illogical) division? Kind regards, Anna

So, what is the solution? Is there a trustworthy translation of the Bible that doesn't have chapter and verse divisions, or anything else that might possibly cause a misunderstanding in the reading of the text?

I bought 2 Catholic Bibles last year they were not quite the same so I ordered another and that one is also different. I ordered the Great Adventure Bible its different too...uugh. I stared to learn Greek, Latin & Hebrew. I feel like I am being lied to.

Chapter and Verse: "It Says Somewhere." HEB 4:1-5, 11, St. Paul writes: “For he has spoken somewhere about the seventh day in this manner….” Somewhere? Did he not know the chapter and verse.? Reading the Church Fathers and the Desert Fathers we meet such phrases as ‘it says somewhere.’ Did they not know the chapters and verses? No, none of the above knew any chapter or verse. Why? Because there were as yet no chapters and verses. The books of the New Testament were written before AD 120 and later made authoritative between the 2nd and 4th century AD. Hence, the older form of the Gospels is the Oral Tradition, which rightly is held equal to the written Tradition. The Church gave us the New Testament, not the other way around. It is not until well into the 2nd century that the four Gospels were titled. Chapters did not appear in the original texts until early in the 13th century, and not until the mid-16th century were verses added.

This is so helpful!!!!

Is there a Catholic translation without divisions I can get online?

Matthew wasn't trying to write a new Pentateuch. He was writing his testimony.

Wow. I don't see how to get from being surrounded by witnesses to praying to a false god. Trent is wrong about Hebrews 11 and 12.

I agree, I read the whole Bible from 12-14 years old. When Protestants wanted me to quote by chapter and verse I said why do you act like you don’t know is there? You read the Bible right? You are the expert... lol But now with the internet you just write the verse and the number comes up.

Sola scriptura led to sensus literalis which led to Protestant fundamentalism and that weird number quoting thing they do.

Then What Catholic Bible should I used then?

Check out readers Bibles that remove chapters and verses

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I'd rather have just verses, no chapters or chapter headings. Then it helps specify things without breaking it up.

What lots of people (even pastors) don't (yet) understand. God created us according to His own image and likeness. Godly. Mankind/the first Adam fell. The image of God in man got lost. That's why there is all this predicament on earth (selfishness, greed, lust, wars, sicknesses, death, etc). We are all born into that mess. For the fall of man a perfect atoning sacrifice had to be made.... that is what God did in Christ. With His own once and for all perefect sacrifice, He paid the debt for the fall of man for us, so we can be indwelled by His Spirit again and finally receive the divine life of the ages back, the first Adam let got of in the fall of man. An amazing act of grace and love by our creator. That is what you see happening in Christ's first disciples. They too healed all and walked in unselfish love. And yes.... that is still avaible today. The holy blood is in place, the Holy Spirit is here to give us understanding, power and transform us back to origin. Not to be debated about, but to be embraced and be-come. So: The Kingdom of God already came. Through Christ, in Spiritform, in those that understand. Hence the divine healing miracles we experience. God manifested in Christ to give us back the divine life mankind lost in the fall of Adam. Christ, the exact image of the invisible God. The image we were created after in Gen 1. The image we lost in the fall of man. The image that can be freely restored by Christ's blood and Holy Spirit working IN us. What a plan. What a solution. What a love. What a God. Jesus is amazing. It is the ultimate conclusion of the word and plan of God. God came full circle. He Himself stooped down from glory to restore us back to original created value: Christlikeness. Walking in divine healing power and unselfish love. Jesus, born of the Spirit of God, filled with the spirit of God. The "Son" of God, the incarnated word, God in the flesh. For three years He healed all, raised the dead, casted out demons, controlled nature, spoke pure divine truth. He said: "Follow Me. If you see Me, you see the Father. The Father and I are one. The glory I have IN My Father, I give to you. It pleases the Father to give you His Kingdom/Holy Spirit/divine nature. I will send Holy Spirit, the same as Me, He will be IN you, guide you into truth and give you explosive power. The same miracles i do, you will do too, because you will understand that the Father is IN Me and I am IN you. Freely I give you My Kingdom/Holy Spirit/divine nature, heal the sick, raise the dead, cast out demons, freely I give, freely share" Etc, etc, etc. I have experienced thousands of beautifull healing miracles through the power of Holy Spirit IN me already. Broken bones, cancers, covid, all kinds of infirmities healed in seconds. Demons manifesting and casted out by a simple "get out, in Jesus name". Jesus. De name above all names. In Him all power and wisdom is sourced and.... He calls us one with Him. God in man and man in God again. C'mon Jesus!! So.... again: God stooped down IN Christ to restore us back to Gen 1:27 were He said: "Let us make man according to our image and likeness and let them have authority.....": walk as Christ. Christ, the exact image of the invisible God. The image we were created after and being restored to by His atoning blood for the fall of man and indwelling Holy Spirit. You are free to receive this original divine life of the ages by Holy Spirit of Christ/God. Ask Him to guide you into truth. Read the Gospel of John and fall in love with your creator. You are not made for the fall of man and its effects, but for the image/glory of God and to walk like Christ. Holy Spirit is the guide and transforming power that will get you there. Amazing grace. A big leap in faith can be made when we start realizing we are already IN Christ, IN the last Adam. Free from the fall! Loved! Growing into awareness of our new (yet old) godly identity. Changing by Holy Spirit. The most fullfilled life ever. Paul healed all on Malta. He understood and wrote: "As in the first Adam ALL died (lost the divine nature), so also ALL were made alive IN Christ to walk in Zoë (= divine life) again". "IN Christ (the last Adam) we are co-cruisified (dead to the fall and its effects), co-raised (justified/made righteousness, holy, blameless, above reproach), co-seated (one with Him)" "The fullness of deity dwells in Christ and YOU HAVE BEEN MADE COMPLETE IN HIM, who is the head of every principality and power". So.... thank you Jesus! Thank you for redeeming me from the fall of man. Thank you for your Holy Spirit that makes this new (yet old) divine life come alive in me. You are amazing! In the shadow of Peter the sick healed... He understood too and wrote: "By Gods power (Holy Spirit) and knowing Christ, we have become partakers of the divine nature and have escaped the fall of man". The divine life of the ages has been returned to us by Jesus once and for all perfect atoning sacrifice for the debt of the fall of man and His indwelling Holy Spirit in us. Jesus/God is amazing!!! Ask Him to give you revelation and change you to the way it was before the fall of man: Christlikeness. He will do so. For it is written: "the Spirit brings forth after His own kind". "I have come to give you Zoë (divine life) in abundance...."

I'm italian. There's an italian priest who has a YT channel called "Bella, Prof!", with very good contents, that insists a lot on reading the gospels removing chapters and verses to not be misled by posterior splitting of the text. He always says that many times they can distract from an overall concept and make you instinctively assume that two parts are divided while they are all part of a same discourse, disrupting the gospel's full comprehension. He put the gospels without chapters and verse in free download on his website...but they're only in italian, unfortunately!

Ya know… the numbering of chapters and verses is sort of like a sacred tradition. Instituted by the Church with good intentions and often highly useful. But… it sometimes obscures the true Word of God

He didnt link it in the bio below :C

Today though, we have chapter and verse. So when we read a verse or verses we wish to remember or share easily and quickly, we memorise it! Live with it, Catboy! 😂 Deceiving Roman dog!

Perhaps you could explain to us when the Blessed Virgin Mary fled into the wilderness to a place prepared by God and was fed 1,260 days?

I think its basically a waste of time memorizing where a specific passage is. I think your time better spent reading the Bible rather than reading a few passages over and over. Besides we have a thing called a Concordance today. So I can look up "My God My God why have You forsaken Me~" Psalm 22:1 When you memorize passages your understanding is of those chapters you've read/memorized rather than a wider understanding.... like how God Abhors a pillar but God also included them in His temple. Or how St. Paul quotes Jesus "it is better to give than receive", but Jesus never said it, at least anywhere else in the Bible.( which makes me wonder how St. Paul learned this) I also think reading to a schedule to be a bad idea for several reasons. Just open the thing up and read. If you finish it in a month, a year or several years what's the difference? If you don't want to read - download an audible and listen to it why you cut the grass or work in the garage or drive somewhere or cook or... or ......or .....or ........or .......or ....... Oh- and the headings and titles are also added.

This video failed to show an example of people misinterpretting a verse because it is in a different chapter than important other verses.

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I think the start of Romans 8 should be the end of Romans 7.

Galatians 2:16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. Gal3:11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. rom 3:20 -22 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. Justified by Faith But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: rom3:28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. rom5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: rom5:9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. acts 13:39 And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. rom4:6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, Philippians 3:9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: psalm103:10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins or repaid us according to our iniquities. psalm 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us. 2 corin 5:19 For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. 2corin 5:21 For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ. rom 8:1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, John3:15-17 that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.… John6:47 Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life.

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Doesn’t matter how much of the Bible one knows or quotes, Satan knows more scripture and quoted it too (Matthew 4). The problem is whether or not one believes a perfect inerrant Word of God exists today. Since God is still living and he’s the Word, which how he reveals himself (1 Samuel 3:21), then everyone is in subjection to the Bible rather than making the Bible in subjection to their own opinions and interpretations. Genesis 1:1 (44 Letters, 17 Vowels, 27 Consonants, 10 Words) Revelation 22:21 (44 Letters, 17 Vowels, 27 Consonants, 12 Words) point to the author of the book. 1 John 5:7 (88 Letters, 34 Vowels, 54 Consonants, 22 words). Only the King James Bible can produce such phenomena. No manuscript or Bible in any language can compare. Revelation 1:8 King James Version 8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. Romans 5:1 King James Version 5 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

Can you recommend a good Bible for me to purchase?

The Bible is a joint project put together over time by committee. The Hebrew god Yahweh was too lazy to use his power of telepathy or revoke free will which would help reduce human suffering.

How mh pants concels....

Bible Bingo Bonanza on Catholic Mariology "Ark of the Covenant" with Revelation 11:19 & 12:1. The bodily assumption of Mary is deduced from this biblical type. By the way, where is the Ark of the Mosaic Covenant?

Studying the bible is the worst thing you can do, if you understand everything you have absolutely no room for error, ignorance can hide a multitude of sins.

Just because the Bible references a well known historical fact among the Jews that can be found in the book of Maccabees does not mean that the author of Hebrews believed it to be part of sacred scripture. The book of Acts has multiple instances of Paul referencing well known sayings that can be found in Greek philosophy books but I think we could all agree that Paul never believed that those philosophy books were part of the Bible.

protestants love to isolate and leave the rest

Yes so do modern worship.songs and they promote a view of God and Christ that was never found in the ordinary Bible before it was rewritten in terms of heretical theology.

Woooh! That's very informative. Most Born Again Christians knows very well what is written in the Bible. They know the chapters and verses they really do but the question is "Do they understand what the Bible is really trying to convey?" Fortunately we Catholics do!

I think it's funny that you talk about the woman seen in Revelations with 12 stars on her crown and then immediately after talk about the 12 Apostles without putting the two together. The woman is not Mary, she is a symbolic representation of the Church. Jesus is the bridegroom no? This is the bride. Simple as that.

Humans make doctrines. We are to have a relationship with God and Jesus. Jesus dying on the cross and rising from the dead makes that possible.

I don't need the bible, because I have the catholic church

Protestants may know chapter and verse, but by and large just know thier favorites and hardly recognize many of the ones that don't fit thier desired interpretation.

Revelation 12 isn't Mary. Those verses in Revelation 11 aren't Mary and don't show Revelation 12 to be Mary.

My priest says the Nicene Creed but uses gender neutral terms for Jesus ans humanity; For example, he says "Jesus became Human" Rather than use man or men

Sorry, but all I am hearing is a Catholic who is trying hard to read Catholic dogmas into scripture although no one in the New Testament did believe them. And a reference to for example Maccabees does not make this book Holy Scripture. Paul makes references to the book of Enoch or to writings of philosophers. That does not make the book of Enoch Holy Scripture. And on and on.

The most concealed doctrine of the Bible is... *drum-roll* Universal salvation. Yes, the fact that everyone is going to be saved. Ephesians 1:9-10 21st Century King James Version "9 He hath made known unto us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He hath purposed in Himself, 10 that in the dispensation of the fullness of times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth, even in Him." As a bonus I wanna let you all know which teaching that most distorts the loving character of Jesus Christ. Yes, it's the false doctrine of eternal hell torture. Fortunately, the one who formed the hearts of men knows how to love and the one who created the brain is wise enough to know how to save.

I really enjoyed you're debate with Matt Dillahunty : but as a Protestant this video is really lame, we are saved by Grace and that Grace produces good works by our genuine Faith ! The real work was not ours but Christ's Atonement on the cross, good works are a product of salvation not a cause!

protestants blindly quote bible verses without context

Catholic apologist always forces the meaning of the Bible to conform to their theology. You should conform your theology by what the Bible teaches instead. You would affirm Marian doctrines based on the book of Revelations that is agreed upon by everybody to be highly symbolic and yet deny that Mary had other children in the gospel narrative that is not ambiguous nor symbolic. This is why atheist hates "Christianity" because of these types of denials of plain simple meaning of a historical narratives and dogmatisms based on highly symbolic literature that could mean different things.