The Doctrine of God the Sanctifier
Actual Grace
Antecedent and Consequent Grace
#103 There is a supernatural intervention of God in the faculties of the soul, which precedes the free act of the will. There is a supernatural influence of God in the faculties of the soul which coincides in time with man’s free act of will.
The Necessity of Grace for the Acts of the Supernatural Order
#104 For every salutary act internal supernatural grace of God (gratia elevans) is absolutely necessary.
#105 Internal supernatural grace is absolutely necessary for the beginning of faith and of salvation.
#106 Without the special help of God the justified cannot persevere to the end in justification.
#107 The justified person is not able for his whole life long to avoid all sins, even venial sins, without the special privilege of the grace of God.
Human Nature’s Capacity to Act without Grace, and the Limits of This Capacity
#108 Even in the fallen state, man can, by his natural intellectual power, know religious and moral truths.
#109 For the performance of a morally good action Sanctifying Grace is not required.
#110 In the state of fallen nature it is morally impossible for man without Supernatural Revelation, to know easily, with absolute certainty and without admixture of error, all religious and moral truths of the natural order.
God’s Freedom in the Distribution of Grace or the Gratuity of Grace
#111 Grace cannot be merited by natural works either de condigno or de congruo.
The Universality of Grace
#112 God gives all the just sufficient grace (gratia proxime vel remote sufficiens) for the observation of the Divine Commandments.
The Mystery of Predestination
#113 God, by His Eternal Resolve of Will, has predetermined certain men to eternal blessedness.
The Mystery of Reprobation
#114 God, by an Eternal Resolve of His Will, predestines certain men, on account of their foreseen sins, to eternal rejection.
The Teaching of the Church on Grace and Freedom
#115 The Human Will remains free under the influence of efficacious grace, which is not irresistible.
#116 There is a grace which is truly sufficient and yet remains inefficacious (gratia vere et mere sufficiens).
