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‘… when it is deprived of hope and love, faith does not fully unite the believer to Christ and does not make him a living member of his Body.’ (CCC 1815)
"Faith Alone" (sola fide in Latin) is one of the two "pillars" of the Protestant "Reformation" (along with sola Scriptura: Scripture Alone). Protestants All of the Church fathers as Protestant scholars themselves concede denied the novel Protestant doctrine and "pillar" of “faith alone” or sola fide.
It's been argued that Jesus Himself, cited by St. John in the book of Revelation (written around 95 AD), taught monepiscopacy (the notion of one bishop I examine what can be historically determined about the seven churches of Revelation 1-3 (around 95 AD), whose "angels" have been interpreted to be bishops.