#12647 Is Catholicism a Works-Based Salvation? Why Aren’t You Catholic? - Tim Staples
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🗓️ 26 March 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
“Is Catholicism a works-based salvation?” This question leads to a discussion on the nature of salvation in Catholicism, addressing concerns about the apostolic Church’s teachings. Other topics include the journey of someone in OCIA seeking clarity on salvation and guidance for those raised as Jehovah’s Witnesses looking to convert to Catholicism.
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Questions Covered:
- 08:15 – I believe in the apostolic Church and don’t think Catholicism holds to the original form.
- 28:45 – I’m in OCIA. How is Catholicism not a works-based salvation?
- 45:42 – I was raised JW. How and where do I start if I want to become Catholic?
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| 0:35.2 | Maybe it's a Thursday evening where you are, maybe even a Thursday night or even a Friday morning if you're listening on the other side of |
| 0:42.0 | the dateline. And we are delighted that you decided to take the time and be here with us. So since |
| 0:47.3 | you did, we decided let's do it up right. Let's have Tim Staples on. Tim Staples this hour. Why |
| 0:51.8 | aren't you Catholic? Tim Staples has no, |
| 0:54.8 | he's using sign language to tell me he has no computer. Do we have? I'll find it for you. |
| 0:59.5 | Let me just finish the introduction, Tim, and I'll find your computer. Wow, that would be good. |
| 1:04.5 | We were chatting and everything having fun. And then I realized, hey. There are some pieces of |
| 1:09.6 | equipment that we need, and one of them is Tim needs to see who the callers are. The number is 8883-3187-884, triple-8. We had such a nice visit, too, Tim. Yes, we did. And next time, we'll just see if we have the things we need for the show. 8883-1-8-7-884. Why aren't you Catholic? If you're not a Catholic, call and tell us why you're not Catholic. We're getting ready for Holy Week. Next week is the holiest week of the year. Wow. Do you remember? You are a convert to the Catholic faith. That I am. Do you remember your first Holy Week? Oh, my goodness, do I remember? Do you? Well, one really sticks out. It's not technically my first, but the one I came |
| 1:51.0 | into the church. Oh, yeah, yeah. So you start the week not a Catholic, and you end the week |
| 1:55.3 | as a Catholic. But before that, because when I first converted in my heart, I was at Jimmy Swaggered Bible College. |
| 2:06.7 | So there were a lot of changes that happened to go from Jimmy Swaggart Sunday service to Holy Week. |
| 2:15.6 | But when I got home from Bible College and announced to my family that I was going to convert, |
| 2:24.2 | this was in January of 1988. |
| 2:28.9 | And so I jumped in the tail end of the OCI. We used to call it R.C.A. No, it's, no, we fixed that. That was |
| 2:39.1 | clearly mistake. But we fixed that. But the point is, so I came in kind of late to the class, |
| 2:46.6 | and I was just eating it up. I went to an incredibly good parish. |
| 2:54.9 | Our Lady the Angels in Woodbridge, Virginia, Father Paul Burns, just, |
| 2:57.6 | and stigmatine priests. And we had a couple of just absolutely incredible priests there, |
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