Sola Fide? Not According to the Bible

Full Question

A Protestant may use Acts 16:30-31 to prove sola fide. What is the Catholic interpretation of Paul's answer to the jailer?

Answer

In Acts 16:30-31, Paul and Silas are praying and singing hymns as the other prisoners listen. Suddenly there is an earthquake that shakes all the doors open and releases the fetters that they were wearing. But to the jailer's surprise, none of the prisoners tries to escape. He is so impressed with these Christians that he asks what he must do to be saved.

St. Paul responds: "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your whole household." So Paul and the others speak the word of the Lord to them. Then the jailer takes them the same hour of the night and washes their wounds. Acts 16:33 tells us "he was baptized at once, with all his family."

So it was with faith and sacrament that he became a Christian. The whole family was baptized; so we see infant baptism here as well.

Fr, Vincent Serpa, O.P. 

Courtesy of Catholic Answers