{"id":832,"date":"2010-05-16T14:38:36","date_gmt":"2010-05-16T21:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crossalone.us\/?page_id=832"},"modified":"2010-05-16T14:38:52","modified_gmt":"2010-05-16T21:38:52","slug":"decisive-differences-on-%e2%80%9cgrace%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crossalone.us\/?page_id=832","title":{"rendered":"DECISIVE DIFFERENCES ON \u201cGRACE\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Grace Supplements Nature<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Catholic)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Nature is Fallen \/ Grace is the Cross Alone<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Lutheran)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Nature is not fully fallen.<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNature (including reason) is fully fallen.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Image of God is marred but not lost.<\/td>\n<\/td>\nImage of God is lost.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u201cOur hearts are restless<\/span> \u2019til they rest in thee.\u201d\u00a0 Augustine.<\/td>\n<\/td>\nWe are rebels<\/span>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Original Sin:\u00a0 Every person has a \u201cbent\u201d (habitus<\/em>) toward God.<\/td>\n<\/td>\nOriginal Sin:\u00a0 We are \u201ccurved in on ourselves.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
After baptism, sin is potential, not actual. We choose to sin or not.<\/td>\n<\/td>\nAfter baptism, it is not possible not to commit real sins.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Through reason you can know God, that is, that he exists, and we are responsible.<\/td>\n<\/td>\nGod is known only in the cross;
\neverything else is idolatry.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
You can know how to live.You have free will to choose the good.<\/p>\n

You are to \u201cdo the best that is in you.\u201d<\/p>\n

You an earn merit.<\/p>\n

You can earn extra merit.<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n\u201cAll our righteous deeds are filthy rags\u201d (Isa 64:6).\u00a0 Even our best works are riddled with sin. We are always caught by spiritual pride.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\nFree to use common reason in ethics.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Church has sanctified reason.<\/td>\n<\/td>\nChurch has no sanctified reason.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
One kingdom led by the church.<\/td>\n<\/td>\nTwo kingdoms; see our chart.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Where reason fails to discern natural law, the church defines what is truly reasonable, that is, natural law (universal human rights). \u00a0The Pope is infallible in faith and morals.<\/td>\n<\/td>\nSalvation is God\u2019s doing.\u00a0 Civil righteousness, what we do in daily life, politics, etc., is discerned by common reason.\u00a0 Universal human rights are determined by what works.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grace is quantifiable, divisible. There are several kinds: uncreated grace (the Holy Spirit) and created grace (created form within the soul); condign grace and congruent grace; gratia gratis data<\/em> and gratia gratum faciens<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/td>\nGrace is what God does.\u00a0 He takes us out of sin and death.\u00a0 Grace is God acting.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Grace Supplements Nature (Catholic) Nature is Fallen \/ Grace is the Cross Alone (Lutheran) Nature is not fully fallen. Nature (including reason) is fully fallen. Image of God is marred but not lost. Image of God is lost. \u201cOur hearts are restless \u2019til they rest in thee.\u201d\u00a0 Augustine. We are rebels. Original Sin:\u00a0 Every person […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":21,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-832","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crossalone.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crossalone.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crossalone.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crossalone.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crossalone.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=832"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/crossalone.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":834,"href":"https:\/\/crossalone.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/832\/revisions\/834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crossalone.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}