Whether Any Preparation and Disposition for Grace is Required on Man’s Part?
O God who not only gives gifts of grace, but also works in us that we may be prepared to receive them, dispose us to them by thy mercy.
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Christian B. Wagner
- Sep 14
- 2 min
Whether God Alone is the Cause of Grace?
O God who alone causes grace in us, refresh anew in us that grace wherein we were brought into union with thee.
Christian B. Wagner
- Sep 13
- 2 min
Whether Grace is Fittingly Divided into Prevenient and Subsequent Grace?
O God who works in us not only to “inspire our soul,” but also to “help the soul so that it may be effective,” work in us to desire good...
Christian B. Wagner
- Sep 12
- 5 min
Whether Grace is Fittingly Divided into Operating and Cooperating Grace?
O God who moves us by thy grace, and even more, imparts upon us the dignity of secondary causality, pour forth thy grace into our hearts...
Christian B. Wagner
- Sep 9
- 2 min
Whether Gratuitous Grace is Nobler than Sanctifying Grace?
O God who hath placed the life of sanctifying grace above that of gratuitous grace, grant unto us the desire of the greatest, charity.
Christian B. Wagner
- Sep 8
- 4 min
Whether Gratuitous Grace is Rightly Divided by the Apostle?
O God who dost give unto thy ministers the gifts of gratuitous grace, pour upon us those gifts requisite to defend and propagate the faith.
Christian B. Wagner
- Sep 7
- 4 min
Whether Grace is Fittingly Divided into Sanctifying Grace and Gratuitous Grace?
O God who gives not only the grace to justify, but also the grace wherein we become instruments of justification...
Christian B. Wagner
- Sep 6
- 5 min
Between Laxism and Rigorism
In the former, we pull the wheat along with the tares, and, in the latter, we allow the gangrenous limb to infect the whole body.
Christian B. Wagner
- Sep 6
- 3 min
Whether Grace is in the Essence of the Soul as in a Subject, or in One of the Powers?
O God whose love, knowledge, and nature we participate in, send thy Holy Spirit that we may be again renewed in thy grace and virtues.
Christian B. Wagner
- Sep 5
- 6 min
"Whether Grace is the Same as Virtue?"
O God who does not only elevate our soul by grace, but also infuses into it the requisite virtues, pour into our hearts thy charity that...
Christian B. Wagner
- Sep 3
- 4 min
Children Must Learn Philosophy
Errors in the basic principles of philosophy do not remain there, but war against the entirety of man, eventually leading to atheism.
Christian B. Wagner
- Sep 2
- 5 min
Whether Grace Is a Quality of the Soul?
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