2009. Filial adoption, in making us partakers by grace in the divine nature, can bestow true merit on us as a result of God’s gratuitous justice. This is our right by grace, the full right of love, making us “co-heirs” with Christ and worthy of obtaining “the promised inheritance of eternal life.”60 The merits of our good works are gifts of the divine goodness.61 “Grace has gone before us; now we are given what is due…. Our merits are God’s gifts.”62
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236. How is the liturgy celebrated?
510. When does the Church intervene in social areas?
536. How is Abraham a model of prayer?
431. What purpose do the precepts of the Church have?
130. How is the Resurrection the work of the Most Holy Trinity?
183. What is the competence of the college of bishops?
554. In what does the prayer of intercession consist?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
How do the Psalms teach us to be more sensitive to God’s presence (Psalm 139:1-4)?
What does the Song of Songs teach us about the search for the loved one?
How to Avoid the Temptation of Lust and Adultery (Proverbs 5:3-6)
What does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus?
What is the significance of Aeneas’ healing and Dorcas’ resurrection in Acts 9:32-43?
