CHAPTER EIGHT ASSURANCE OF SALVATION? Another tragic consequence of the Catholic false way of works salvation is that the Believer is never completely assured of his salvation; he must even endure purgatory before he can attain complete salvation and enter Heaven. In fact, any Catholic that claims assurance of his salvation is actually put out of the church. “If anyone says that in order to obtain the remission of sins it is necessary … to believe with certainty and without hesitation … that his sins