Faith And Works

Euntes ergo docete omnes gentes...  Prius ergo docere gentes, id est, scientia veritatis instituere, ac sic baptizare praecipit, quia sine fide impossibile est placere Deo; et, Nisi quis renatus fuerit ex aqua et Spirtu Sancto, non potest introire in regnum Dei; ad extremum vero subjungit: Docentes eos servare omnia quaecunque mandavi vobis, quia sicut corpus sine spiritu mortuum est, ita et fides sine operibus mortua est. Sanctus Beda, In Matthaei Evangelium Expositio, Liber IV Cap XXVIII

Go therefore and teach the people...1 Before teaching the people, that is, instructing them in the knowledge of truth, He commands baptism, because without faith it is impossible to please God, and 'Unless he is born again from water and the Holy Spirit, he is not able to enter into the kingdom of heaven.' 2 and finally He adds, 'Teaching them to observe everything which I have commanded you,' because as the body without the spirit is dead, so even faith without works is dead. Saint Bede, from the Commentary On The Gospel of Saint Matthew, Book 4, Chap 28 1 Mt 28. 19 2 Jn 3.5 3 Mt 28. 20