Sentences with phrase «dependence upon grace»

The Church should never think of itself as possessing grace, but as participating in it, and that participation is above all dependence upon grace as forgiveness.

Augustine disputed with Pelagius about free will, and generally Pelagianism has been viewed by the main stream of Christian thought as a heresy in which man's dependence upon grace for salvation is denied.

Not exact matches

However, Augustine had some extremely valid insights into the Pauline insistence on our radical dependence on grace, and unlike most of his Catholic predecessors Augustine caught something of the Pauline sense that everything is finally held in the electing hand of God: «For God has consigned all men to disobedience, that he may have mercy upon all» (Rom.

Just as the Sabbath reminds us of our dependence upon divine grace, so, according to Qoheleth, our play experiences suggest God's gracious favor as their basis (Ecc1.

This assurance bears the clear implication that since the Church exists through the prior and present action of God's grace its dependence upon that action ought to be its distinguishing mark.

Therefore, growth in grace is never growth away from dependence upon the continuing mercy of God.

«By the grace of God,» we say, thus paying sometimes a half - conscious tribute in secular speech to our ultimate dependence upon Him.