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The Division of Grace in the Prima Secundae | Dr. Adam Eitel

The Thomistic Institute

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The Different Kinds of Grace

Grace is not something that endures like a quality but a kind of action. It falls into two basic kinds: operative and cooperative. These are habitual dispositions by which we can be made docile to the promptings of the Holy Spirit. The later tradition of Thomas, the common commentators, as they're sometimes called, were compelled to introduce divisions beyond the ones that I'll discuss today. In fact Thomas' own account of the divisions of grace or the different kinds of grace is rather simple.

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