Paul and Luther both believed that humans needed Christ’s sacrifice. If by works we are justified by God and weren’t originally sinful there would be no need for Christ. Humanity needs to be acquitted from their sins; because one man, Adam, had spread sin through humanity, and this makes Christ’s suffering necessary for human salvation. Paul believes that Christ “gave himself for our sins to set us free (Galatians, 1:3)” therefore we are acquitted from our sins. Humanity must have faith to be acquitted from original sin. On the idea Christ was needed for humanity’s salvation, Luther agre

God touches a person’s heart through the light of the holy Spirit, neither does that person do absolutely nothing in receiving that movement of grace, for he can also reject it; nor is he able, by his own freewill and without God’s grace; to move himself towards justice in God’s sight. (Trent, 114)

Luther’s stance on predestination questions God’s omnibenevolence and is contradictory to Paul’s view. This is because if God is all good, why didn’t God create humans all good as well? However, the Catholic tradition allows humans to escape from being damned. This is supports God’s omnibenevolence by God not wanting humanity to be damned. God gave the gift of grace to humanity, which saves us. Grace is the power in us to allow humans to choose to except faith. In Luther’s view human do not have the ability to choose faith and we have to be given it by God.

The Catholic position in the Council of Trent threatens God’s omnipotence, by giving humans even limited free will. God can still be omnipotent if God gave humans any free will. God gave the gift of grace to humanity and humans are justified by our faith, which is our salvation. Luther believes that the inner human/ soul is connected to Christ. Humanity’s salvation is through the acquittal of our sins and Christ saves humanity from its sins, “ hence the saying: behold the lamb of God; behold him who takes away the sins of the world. (Trent, 112)” Christ and the soul are connected through one body. While the soul is full of grace, life, and salvation the body sins, dies, and is condemned. Christ, since connected to the body, “cannot sin, die or be condemned: his righteousness, life and salvation are

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