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Grace Actual and Habitual
A Dogmatic Treatise
By
The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph Pohle, Ph.D., D.D.
Formerly Professor of Dogmatic Theology at St. Joseph's Seminary, Leeds
(England), Later Professor of Fundamental Theology at The Catholic
University of America
Adapted and Edited by
Arthur Preuss
Third, Revised Edition
W. E. Blake & Son, Limited
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1919
CONTENTS
Imprimatur
Introduction
Part I. Actual Grace
Chapter I. The Nature Of Actual Grace
Section 1. Definition Of Actual Grace
Section 2. Division Of Actual Grace
Chapter II. The Properties Of Actual Grace
Section 1. The Necessity Of Actual Grace
Article 1. The Capacity Of Mere Nature Without Grace
Article 2. The Necessity Of Actual Grace For All Salutary Acts
Article 3. The Necessity Of Actual Grace For The States Of
Unbelief, Mortal Sin, And Justification
Section 2. The Gratuity Of Actual Grace
Section 3. The Universality Of Actual Grace
Article 1. The Universality Of God's Will To Save
Article 2. God's Will To Give Sufficient Grace To All Adult Human
Beings In Particular
Article 3. The Predestination Of The Elect
Article 4. The Reprobation Of The Damned
Chapter III. Grace In Its Relation To Free Will
Section 1. The Heresy of The Protestant Reformers And The Jansenists
Section 2. Theological Systems Devised To Harmonize The Dogmas Of
Grace And Free Will
Article 1. Thomism And Augustinianism
Article 2. Molinism And Congruism
Part II. Sanctifying Grace
Chapter I. The Genesis Of Sanctifying Grace, Or The Process Of
Justification
Section 1. The Necessity Of Faith For Justification
Section 2. The Necessity Of Other Preparatory Acts Besides Faith
Chapter II. The State Of Justification
Section 1. The Nature Of Justification
Article 1. The Negative Element Of Justification
Article 2. The Positive Element Of Justification
Section 2. Justifying Or Sanctifying Grace
Article 1. The Nature Of Sanctifying Grace
Article 2. The Effects Of Sanctifying Grace
Article 3. The Supernatural Concomitants Of Sanctifying Grace
Section 3. The Properties Of Sanctifying Grace
Chapter III. The Fruits Of Justification, Or The Merit Of Good Works
Section 1. The Existence Of Merit
Section 2. The Requisites Of Merit
Section 3. The Objects Of Merit
Index
Footnotes
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INTRODUCTION
Humanity was reconciled to God by the Redemption. This does not, however,
mean that every individual human being was forthwith justified, for
individual justification is wrought by the application to the soul of
grace derived from the inexhaustible merits of Jesus Christ.
There are two kinds of grace: (1) actual and (2) habitual. Actual grace is
a supernatural gift by which rational creatures are enabled to perform
salutary acts. Habitual, or, as it is commonly called, sanctifying, grace
is a habit, or more or less enduring state, which renders men pleasing to
God.
This distinction is of comparatively recent date, but it furnishes an
excellent principle of division for a dogmatic treatise on grace... Continue reading book >>