St. Paul instructed the Church to make sure that new Gentile converts performed penances:

Lutero:

Nope, they surely didn't.

Didn't what?

Nor did either of them dole out "penances" to anyone...

St. Paul instructed the Church to make sure that new Gentile converts performed penances:
Acts 26:20

King James Version (KJV)
²⁰ But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.

Hardly....

The Catholic Church teaches the Wisdom of God:
Ephesians 3:10

King James Version (KJV)
¹⁰ To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,

Sincerely,

De Maria