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Grace

Grace as the principle of the supernatural moral life: the states of human nature, the necessity of grace for knowing and doing good, its essence and divisions, sufficient and efficacious grace, and the justification of the sinner — the classic treatise De gratia.

The works themselves ask 36 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.

Within this topic

In the index as Christ's connatural glorification through our acts · Faith · Natural, supernatural, moral, cardinal, theological virtues · Will · Actual grace · Atonement · Concupiscence · Free-will · Gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit · Grace · Grace, errors concerning · Justification · Merits · Potential, quasi-integral, subjective parts of virtues · Prayer · Regeneration · Sacraments · Sanctifying grace · The present life, cause of sadness and joy · Thomas Aquinas, St. · Trent

In the manuals

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A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)

Antony Koch; adapted and edited by Arthur Preuss — 10 passages

Vol. II, Pt. II, Ch. I, Section 1: The Supernatural Principle of Moral Regeneration, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3 & ¶4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Ch. I, Section 2: The Natural Requisite of Moral Regeneration, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5 & ¶6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Arthur Vermeersch, S.J. — 11 passages

Vol. I, Treatise VI: Aids of Human Liberty, nn. ¶1, 492, 493, 494, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500 & ¶2 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)

Charles-René Billuart, O.P. — 8 passages

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Grace, Preambles on the Various Errors concerning Grace, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Foundation of True Morality

Thomas Slater, S.J. — 40 passages

Chapter VI: Grace, nn. ¶150–¶189 (40 passages)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 107 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Sacrament…, Third Part: On the Effects…, Ch. I, Question One: On Grace Cau…, Article I: On Grace Making One Pleasing Caused by the Sacraments, nn. ¶1, 30, 31, 32 & 33 (23 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Sacrament…, Third Part: On the Effects…, Ch. I, Question Two: On the Mode by Which the Sacraments Cause Grace, n. 41 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Sacrament…, Third Part: On the Effects…, Ch. I, Question Two: On the Mode …, Article I: On the Causality of the Sacraments Properly So Called and Efficient, nn. ¶1, 42, 43 & 44 (15 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Sacrament…, Third Part: On the Effects…, Ch. I, Question Two: On the Mode …, Article II: On the Instrumental Causality of the Sacraments, nn. ¶1, 45, 46, 47 & 48 (39 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Sacrament…, Third Part: On the Effects…, Ch. I, Question Two: On the Mode …, Article III: On the Causative Power of the Sacraments, nn. ¶1, 49, 50, 51 & 52 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Sacrament…, Third Part: On the Effects…, Ch. I, Question Two: On the Mode …, Article IV: On the Causality of the Sacraments of the Old Law, nn. ¶1, 53, 54 & 55 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Daniele Concina, O.P. — 23 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Diss. I, Chapter IX — THE IMAGE of Christian justification, depicted with the lineaments of the holy Scriptures, nn. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, I, II, III, I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X & XI (23 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Fundamental Moral Theology — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Commentaries (1910) — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)