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
A common charge leveled against the Catholic Church is that it wrongfully teaches that Christians can “earn” grace. They say that this conflicts with the te| Catholicism Explained