Theological Theses · §2330 · Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu

Grace freely given and grace that makes pleasing

Thesis XI. The grace conferred on corrupt man through Christ is commonly divided in the Roman School into what they call grace freely given and the grace that makes pleasing.

In the minds of that School's doctors the division is not meant to imply that some grace is not freely given, for they grant that the grace that makes pleasing is also given freely.

Rather, as often happens elsewhere, one species that has no name of its own is left with the name of the genus, as Bellarmine points out in the place cited above.

Latin

XI. Porro gratia quae per Christum homini corrupto confertur, communiter in Schola Romana distingui solet, in gratiam quam vocant gratis datam, & in gratiam gratum facientem. Quae partitio, ex Doctorum Scholae istius mente, sic accipienda non est, quasi aliqua sit gratia non gratis data; nam quam vocant gratum facientem agnoscunt etiam esse gratuito donatam: Sed quod alibi saepe fit, uni speciei quae proprio nomine caret, relinquunt nomen generis, ut monet Bellarminus loco supra citato.

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