Necessity of Works?

Peter J. Leithart, April 26, 2004

Who wrote this? "opera sunt necessaria ad salutem, sed non causant salutem, quia fides sola dat vitam" (works are necessary to salvation, yet they do not cause salvation, for faith alone gives life).

Norman Shepherd would be a good guess, except that he doesn't write in Latin.

Calvin would be a good guess too. But wrong.

It's that Law-Gospel fanatic, Luther.