Grace, Actual and Habitual: A Dogmatic TreatisePohle, Joseph
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Grace, Actual and Habitual: A Dogmatic Treatise
Pohle, Joseph
Grace (Theology)
20 St. Matthew X, 8: “_Infirmos curate, mortuos suscitate, leprosos
mundate, daemones eiicite: gratis accepistis, gratis date_ (δωρεὰν
δότε).”—The name “gratuitously given,” as Fr. Hunter observes
(_Outlines_, III, 10), is “tautological and not particularly
expressive,” and “helps in no way to indicate what is the nature of
the graces which it is intended to exclude. These are such as, for
want of a better word, we call ingratiating: the Latin name used by
theologians (_gratum faciens_) denotes that they make a man pleasing
to God, grateful to Him, if we understand _grateful_ of that which
gives pleasure, and not in its commoner sense, which is nearly the
same as thankful.”
21 For a list of the charismata see 1 Cor. XII, 4 sqq. Cfr. Englmann,
_Von den Charismen im allgemeinen und von dem Sprachencharisma im
besonderen_, Ratisbon 1848; Cornely, _Comment. in S. Pauli Priorem
Epistolam ad Corinthios_, pp. 410 sqq., Paris 1890; Chr. Pesch,
_Praelect. Dogmat._, Vol. V, 3rd ed., pp. 243 sqq., Freiburg 1908.
22 1 Cor. XII, 31: “_Aemulamini autem charismata meliora, et adhuc
excellentiorem viam vobis demonstro._”
_ 23 Caritas_, ἀγάπη.
24 1 Cor. XIII, 1 sqq. Cfr. St. Thomas Aquinas, _Summa Theol._, 1a 2ae,
qu. 111, art. 5: “_Unaquaeque virtus tanto excellentior est, quanto
ad altius bonum ordinatur. Semper autem finis potior est his, quae
sunt ad finem [i.e. media]. Gratia autem gratum faciens ordinat
hominem immediate ad coniunctionem ultimi finis; gratiae autem
gratis datae ordinant hominem ad quaedam praeparatoria finis ultimi,
sicut per prophetiam et miracula et huiusmodi homines inducuntur ad
hoc quod ultimo fini coniungantur. Et ideo gratia gratum faciens est
multo excellentior quam gratia gratis data._”
_ 25 Gratia est donum gratis datum, supernaturale, internum, gratum
faciens, ex meritis Christi._
26 Cfr. Pohle-Preuss, _God the Author of Nature and the Supernatural_,
pp. 229 sq.
_ 27 Ibid._, pp. 298 sq.
_ 28 Ep. ad Simplician._, I, 9, 22: “_Voluntas ipsa, nisi aliquid
occurrerit quod delectet et invitet animum, moveri nullo modo
potest; hoc autem, ut occurrat, non est in hominis potestate._”
_ 29 Enchiridion_, c. 98: “_Quis tam impie desipiat, ut dicat, Deum
malas hominum voluntates, quas voluerit, quando voluerit, ubi
voluerit, in bonum non posse convertere?_”
30 “_Domine, ... ad te nostras etiam rebelles compelle propitius
voluntates._” For a full treatment of God’s moral causality the
student is referred to Ripalda, _De Ente Supernaturali_, disp. 109,
sect. 2 sq.
31 Cfr. D. Palmieri, _De Gratia Divina Actuali_, thes. 15.
_ 32 Causa formalis._
_ 33 Causa efficiens._
_ 34 Causa meritoria._
_ 35 Causa materialis._
_ 36 Causalitas moralis._
_ 37 Causalitas physica._
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