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Grace

The favor no one earns: God's free saving help, given before we ask

Grace is God's unmerited favor and saving help, freely given to humanity, a theme woven through Paul's letters and developed by Augustine. Its nature is contested: traditions differ over whether grace is prevenient, irresistible, or cooperating. Augustinian and Reformed thinkers emphasize grace's sovereign initiative, Catholic teaching speaks of grace that humans cooperate with, and synergist views stress the joining of divine grace and human response. All affirm that grace originates in God.

How it traveled

  1. James
    Jerusalem · 62
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  2. 1 Peter
    Rome · 64
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  3. Romans
    Corinth · 67
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  4. 2 Corinthians
    Philippi · 67
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  5. 1 Corinthians
    Ephesus · 67
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  6. Galatians
    Ephesus · 67
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  7. Ephesians
    Rome · 67
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  8. Hebrews
    Rome · 67
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  9. Colossians
    Rome · 67
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  10. Philippians
    Rome · 67
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  11. Titus
    Ephesus · 67
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  12. 1 Timothy
    Ephesus · 67
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  13. 2 Timothy
    Rome · 67
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  14. 2 Thessalonians
    Corinth · 67
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  15. Matthew
    Antioch · 80
    explains
  16. Acts
    Rome · 84
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  17. Luke
    Rome · 84
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  18. First Epistle to the Corinthians
    Rome · 99
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  19. John
    Ephesus · 100
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  20. Epistle to the Magnesians: Shorter and Longer Versions
    Antioch · 108
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  21. Dialogue with Trypho
    Rome · 165
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  22. Against Heresies: Book IV
    Lyons · 202
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  23. Against Heresies: Book V
    Lyons · 202
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  24. The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians.
    — · 220
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  25. The Epistles of Cyprian.
    Carthage · 258
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  26. The Church History of Eusebius
    Caesarea · 339
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  27. Ephraim Syrus: The Nisibene Hymns
    Edessa · 373
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  28. Ephraim Syrus: Three Homilies
    Edessa · 373
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  29. Ephraim Syrus: Fifteen Hymns For the Feast of the Epiphany
    Edessa · 373
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  30. The Letters
    Caesarea (Cappadocia) · 379
    explains

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A Treatise on Rebuke and Grace — Argument.↗explains

A Treatise on Rebuke and Grace · Augustine of Hippo

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XIV Five discourses on the soul's eternal salvation — DISCOURSE. I. Justification by Faith alone. — part 55↗explains

XIV Five discourses on the soul's eternal salvation · Jonathan Edwards

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1 Corinthians 15:10↗explains

1 Corinthians · Paul the Apostle

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A Treatise Against Two Letters of the Pelagians — Book II — The Desire of Good is God’s Gift.↗explains

A Treatise Against Two Letters of the Pelagians · Augustine of Hippo

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A Treatise Against Two Letters of the Pelagians — Book IV — Pelagians and Manicheans on the Praise of the Creature.↗explains

A Treatise Against Two Letters of the Pelagians · Augustine of Hippo

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A Treatise on Grace and Free Will — Abstract. — Grace Effects the Fulfilment of the Law, the Deliverance of Nature, and the Suppression of Sin’s Dominion.↗explains

A Treatise on Grace and Free Will · Augustine of Hippo

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A Treatise on Grace and Free Will — Abstract. — The Grace of God is Not Given According to Merit, But Itself Makes All Good Desert.↗explains

A Treatise on Grace and Free Will · Augustine of Hippo

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A Treatise on Nature and Grace — A Simile to Show that God’s Grace is Necessary for Doing Any Good Work Whatever. God Never Forsakes the Justified Man If He Be Not Himself Forsaken.↗explains

A Treatise on Nature and Grace · Augustine of Hippo

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A Treatise on Rebuke and Grace — What is the Nature of the Gift of Perseverance that is Now Given to the Saints.↗explains

A Treatise on Rebuke and Grace · Augustine of Hippo

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Commentary on Galatians — Galatians 2 — part 12↗explains

Commentary on Galatians · Martin Luther

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Ephesians 2:8↗explains

Ephesians · Paul the Apostle

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Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John — Chapter I. 15–18. — part 2↗explains

Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John · Augustine of Hippo

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Treatise on the Angels (qq[50]-64) — Question. 62 - OF THE PERFECTION OF THE ANGELS IN THE ORDER OF GRACE AND OF GLORY (NINE ARTICLES) — part 2↗explains

Treatise on the Angels (qq[50]-64) · Thomas Aquinas

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Treatise on the Sacraments (qq[60]-90) — Question. 79 - OF THE EFFECTS OF THIS SACRAMENT (EIGHT ARTICLES) — part 1↗explains

Treatise on the Sacraments (qq[60]-90) · Thomas Aquinas

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XIV Five discourses on the soul's eternal salvation — DISCOURSE. I. Justification by Faith alone. — part 56↗explains

XIV Five discourses on the soul's eternal salvation · Jonathan Edwards

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XIV Five discourses on the soul's eternal salvation — DISCOURSE. II. Pressing into the Kingdom of God. — part 2↗explains

XIV Five discourses on the soul's eternal salvation · Jonathan Edwards

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Book Second. of the Knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as First Manifested to the Fathers, Under the Law, and Thereafter to Us Under the Gospel — CHAPTER 17. - CHRIST RIGHTLY AND PROPERLY SAID TO HAVE MERITED GRACE AND SALVATION FOR US. — part 1↗explains

Book Second. of the Knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as First Manifested to the Fathers, Under the Law, and Thereafter to Us Under the Gospel · John Calvin

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Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It — CHAPTER 11. - OF JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH. BOTH THE NAME AND THE REALITY DEFINED. — part 8↗explains

Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It · John Calvin

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Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It — CHAPTER 11. - OF JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH. BOTH THE NAME AND THE REALITY DEFINED. — part 9↗explains

Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It · John Calvin

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Treatise on the Incarnation (qq[1]-59) — Question. 8 - OF THE GRACE OF CHRIST, AS HE IS THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH (EIGHT ARTICLES) — part 4↗explains

Treatise on the Incarnation (qq[1]-59) · Thomas Aquinas

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