I'm not talking about works that are apart from the grace of God but works that are a direct result of the grace of God. Either way I think we can both agree somewhat that if works are not present than salvation is not present. Let me give you an anaolgy. Lets pretend that sin is cancer and jesus is the cure for the cancer. If you are cured of cancer than you are saved. In the evangelical view you are cured of cancer just by coverying up the cancer like a bandaid and saying poof its gone and you are saved. In the historic Catholic view jesus takes away your cancer(sin) literaly not figuratively. So you are saved by jesus actually removing your sin resulting in your salvation. The evangelical view makes no sense.