So Catholicism sets up its own set of *works* which the believer has to do to earn his salvation.
Interesting. Because if the law handed down by God couldn't save, and Paul tells us that if there had been a law that could have saved, righteousness would have come by the law.
What makes the RCC have the chutzpah to declare its own set of works that people must keep to become righteous and earn salvation.
If GOD couldn't come up with something, then man certainly can't and anyone who tells you so is lying to you.
The "set of works" is in Matthew 25:31-46. Please review them.
As you can see, it is not really a "set" but rather it is a consistent behavior of charity ordered onto imitation of Christ and at the same time recognition of Christ's presence. This is why the best way to be saved is to study the lives of saints and to pray for their guidance; this is also why the Protestant so-called reformation did a great damage to souls and ruined many.