A Topic of Moral Theology
The Necessity of Grace
What grace is, and for what it is necessary: to know truth, to do or will any good, to love God above all things, to prepare for justification, to persevere.
The works themselves ask 11 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Grace, necessity of · Grace, necessity of, for the love of God
In the manuals
Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Grace, On the Necessity of Grace, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Grace, On the Necessity of Grace, What is understood by the name of grace?, nn. 1–14 (14 passages)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Grace, On the Necessity of Grace, Whether man without grace can know anything true?, nn. 1–26 (26 passages)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Grace, On the Necessity of Grace, Whether fallen man can do or will any good without grace?, nn. 1–27 (27 passages)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Grace, On the Necessity of Grace, On the necessity of grace for the natural love of God above all things, affective as well as effective, and for avoiding sins, nn. 1–27 (27 passages)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Grace, On the Necessity of Grace, Whether man can prepare himself for grace without grace?, nn. 1–28 (28 passages)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Grace, On the Necessity of Grace, Whether actual grace is necessary to justified man for each act of piety?, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Grace, On the Necessity of Grace, Whether man established in grace needs a special help of grace to persevere finally?, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Grace — Koch–Preuss · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Slater, Foundation — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)