Do Arminians believe in a work based salvation?
You will hear this from some Calvinist that Arminians believe in a works based salvation that leads straight back to Romanism. Is the Calvinist right and Arminianism goes against the Reformation principle of Sola Fide? Now let's define what is a works based salvation I would define it as a system that says the works we do merit eternal life alongside faith. But do the best theologians of Arminianism affirm that John Wesley says "The righteousness of Christ is the whole and sole foundation of all our hope. It is by faith that the Holy Ghost enables us to build upon this foundation. God gives this faith; in that moment we are accepted of God; and yet, not for the sake of that faith, but of what Christ has done and suffered for us. " Arminius echos the same thing "I believe that sinners are accounted righteous solely by the obedience of Christ; and that the righteousness of Christ is the only meritorious cause on account of which God pardons the sins of believers ...