A Topic of Moral Theology
Sufficient and Efficacious Grace
Whether sufficient grace is given to all, in what sense it must be admitted, and how the efficacy of grace efficacious of itself is explained.
The works themselves ask 10 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Grace, essence and division of · Grace, efficacious · Grace, efficacy of, how explained · Nature, states of human
In the manuals
Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Grace, Preambles on the Various S…, Whether grace efficacious of itself was necessary to Adam and to the angels alike for persevering?, nn. 1–28 (28 passages)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Grace, On the Essence and Divisio…, Whether in this state of fallen nature there is sufficient grace?, nn. 1–26 (26 passages)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Grace, On the Essence and Divisio…, In what sense sufficient grace must be admitted?, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Grace, On the Essence and Divisio…, What is the help of sufficient grace, and of how many kinds?, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Grace, On the Essence and Divisio…, On Efficacious Grace, nn. 1–34 (34 passages)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Grace, On the Essence and Divisio…, The various ways of explaining the efficacy and causality of grace efficacious of itself are weighed, nn. 1–52 (52 passages)
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.)