Whether the Justification of the Ungodly takes Place in an Instant or Successively?

Thank you for subscribing to Annotated Thomist...check back each day for a new section of St. Thomas' corpus, annotated and summarized. (FREE TRIAL FOR NEW SUBSCRIBERS!!!)

AT is also available to donors of $10 or more on Patreon or SubscribeStar along with all of the other benefits (daily bonus videos, bonus articles, PDFs, etc.)

If you need more personalized help reading the Summa, I am available for 1-on-1 sessions, here.

Collect: O God Omnipotent, be pleased to convert sinners to thy grace through thy mighty working, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Link: https://aquinas.cc/la/en/~ST.I-II.Q113.A7

Summary

In the Sed Contra, St. Thomas derives the conclusion from a premise about the nature of the agent of justification, i.e., the Holy Spirit. It runs thus, "The Holy Spirit acts instantaneously, the Holy Spirits works justification, therefore..."

Want to read more?

Subscribe to christianbwagner.com to keep reading this exclusive post.

Subscribe Now