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Final Essays
Joe Padykula
Sister Sunderman
TH 100 B
December 14, 2000


Grace

In order to completely understand the theology of grace
you have to take a look at Augustine, Aquinas, Luther,
Rahner, Segundo, and Boff, and how they understood what
grace was. Their theories on grace have some valid points
and yet they also have some invalid points.
Augustine took a personal approach to grace and he
believed in the massa damnata, which basically means that on
the whole people are damned. He said before the original
sin, you had a choice to be good or evil. Also, Augustine
said that there is a double predestination, which means only
some people are chosen before they are born if they are
going to go to heaven. I don't agree with this because it
is basically saying that there is no salvation for all
people.
Aquinas thought that grace was added to nature and it
elevates nature. He wrote the Summa, which demonstrates the
beatific vision. The beatific vision......

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