Gratia ii) that "without grace men do nothing good when they either think or wish or love or act.
This naturally suggests the query: Why and to what extent can the just man merit the gloria prima, seeing that he is unable to merit the gratia prima?
Consequently, efficacious grace does not derive its efficacy from the consent of the will; it is efficacious of itself and intrinsically (gratia efficax ab intrinseco sive per se).
It is quite true that the distinction between gratia parva and gratia magna(753) is found in St. Augustine.
Now it is not "human fear," according to Augustine (De Gratia et Lib.
Gratia xv): "Since we ignore who is predestined and who is not, charity should so guide our feelings, that we wish all to be saved.
Gratia xxxiv): "Humility should take the part of truth, not of falsehood.
For I can effect nothing unless I effect it in the language of the Apostle Paul, who said: Quis me liberavit a corpore mortis hujus peccati nisi gratia tua Domine Jesu Christe qui regnas in secula seculorum.
St. Charles, with this inscription, in rubies: "Cosimus Secundus Dei gratia Magnus Dux Etruriae ex voto.
The obverse of a smaller medal, also of 1574 shows the bust of Elector August with the inscription: "Augustus, Dei Gratia Dux Saxoniae Et Elector.
Bible; that is to say, when both the sola gratia and gratia universalis are kept inviolate.
Lutheran Church has failed to harmonize the doctrines of sola gratia and gratia universalis.
Following Melanchthon, rationalizing Synergists everywhere have always held that without abandoning Luther's doctrine of original sin and of thegratia sola there is no escape from Calvinism.
De Gratiaet Libero Arbitrio: "It is certain that we will when we will; but He who makes us will is He of whom it is written: It is God who worketh in us to will.
God has so ordained that He will not accept any act as meritorious for heaven excepting only that which is elicited by grace” (“ex gratia elicitum”).
The pious always think with regard to their good works: “Quis scit, sigratia Dei hæc mecum faciat?
And therefore none but Kings can put into their Titles (a mark of their submission to God onely ) Dei Gratia Rex, &c.
And this Chapter XL is abruptly broken off in the midst of a penultimate paragraph: “et per gratia li sono monstrati et” are the last words.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "gratia" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
