That's a misrepresentation of what he said. He wasn't humbly saying "gee I don't know for sure but I am doing my best", what he said is a denial of the gospel and Christ's work on the cross.
So it's not even a Catholic work's based salvation (which is itself wrong) but even more than that. He's denying the gospel and claiming he's so far gone in sin he can't get into heaven. Whatever you want to call that, it is not saving faith.
That's a misrepresentation of what he said. He wasn't humbly saying "gee I don't know for sure but I am doing my best", what he said is a denial of the gospel and Christ's work on the cross.
So it's not even a Catholic work's based salvation (which is itself wrong) but even worse than that. He's denying the gospel and claiming he's so far gone in sin he can't get into heaven. Whatever you want to call that, it is not saving faith.
That's a complete misrepresentation of what he said. He wasn't humbly saying "gee I don't know for sure but I am doing my best", what he said is a denial of the gospel and Christ's work on the cross.
So it's not even a Catholic work's based salvation (which is itself wrong) but even worse than that. He's denying the gospel and claiming he's so far gone in sin he can't get into heaven. Whatever you want to call that, it is not saving faith.