Catholics and Protestants also disagree on what it means to be justified before God. To the Catholic, justification involves being made righteous and holy. He believes that faith in Christ is only the beginning of salvation and that the individual must build upon that with good works because God’s grace of eternal salvation must be merited.
Hindi rin nagkakasundo ang mga Romano Katoliko at Protestante sa kahulugan ng pagpapawalang sala sa harapan ng Diyos. Para sa mga Katoliko, ang pagpapawalang sala ay kinapapalooban ng pagiging makatwiran at banal.