1244. CONCERNING FAITH AND GOOD WORKS I spoke with certain spirits who had been learned theologians during their lifetime, concerning faith and good works, to the effect that they say that faith alone without good works is saving, and that works condemn. I said that such formulas of speech without explanation are dangerous, especially to the unlearned. For it is faith that saves, because in faith there is life, that is to say, the Lord, Who Alone is Life; wherefore He saves by means of faith, since faith cannot do other than perform works of charity, without which it is like a tree without fruit, bearing nothing but leaves.