Can a man merit anything from God? Without grace, can anyone merit eternal life? May anyone with grace merit eternal life condignly? Is it chiefly through the instrumentality of charity that grace is the principle of merit? May a man merit the first grace for himself? May he merit it for someone else? Can anyone merit restoration after sin? Can he merit for himself an increase of grace or charity? Can he merit final perseverance? Do temporal goods fall under merit?| www.newadvent.org
A common charge leveled against the Catholic Church is that it wrongfully teaches that Christians can “earn” grace. The critics say that this conflicts with the teaching that grace is a gift from God, which we can never earn. In this article, I will show why grace is indeed a gift from God that we do not “earn.” Rather, we cooperate with this gift to remain in it and further dispose ourselves to an increase of it. This is what the Catholic Church correctly calls merit.| Catholic Stand
Adam’s and Eve’s fall from grace proves once saved always saved is false and, even worse, it creates a false god. Some Protestant denominations, especial| Catholicism Explained
This article discusses how God moves us to choose Him without diminishing our free will but, rather, perfecting it. How many times have you heard, or even sa| Catholicism Explained
Many people, including my past self, say the word grace without knowing exactly what it is or what it does. We sometimes think of it as a kind of nebulous thing that God gives us when we’re forgiven, but we cannot seem to put our fingers on a precise definition of it. So, this article| Catholic Stand - Living the Truth the Church Teaches
