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The Effects of Grace, Justification & Sanctification | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P.

May 17, 2024

Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. discusses grace, justification, and sanctification in Catholic teaching, comparing them to Protestant perspectives. He delves into the movement of the will during justification and the effects of sin on human freedom. The podcast also explores the consequences of sin and the importance of seeking God amidst lower desires.

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Justification involves reconciliation with God and returning to the right order.

Merit involves cooperation with God's actions and the restoration of interior disposition to righteousness.

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Aquinas Identifies Two Principal Effects of Grace: Justification and Merit

Aquinas discusses the effects of grace, focusing on justification and merit. Justification involves reconciliation with God, receiving righteousness, and returning to the right order. Aquinas contrasts Protestant and Catholic views on this subject, emphasizing God's role in transforming sinners. Merit, the other effect of grace, involves cooperation with God's actions.

Intro

27min

Exploring Grace, Justification, and Sanctification in Catholic Teaching

5min

Exploring Grace, Justification, and Resistance to Grace through Theological Perspectives

25min

Exploring the Consequences of Sin and God's Justice

2min

This lecture was given on December 16th, 2023, at the Dominican House of Studies.

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About the Speaker:

Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. (Thomistic Institute) is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and Associate Professor in Systematic Theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2001, after having practiced constitutional law for several years as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice. He has also taught at The Catholic University of America Law School and at Providence College. He is the author of The Trinitarian Christology of St. Thomas Aquinas (Oxford University Press, 2016).

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The Effects of Grace, Justification & Sanctification | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P.

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Deep dives

Aquinas Identifies Two Principal Effects of Grace: Justification and Merit

Justification of the Ungodly: Movement From Sin to Justice

Grace Needed for the Remission of Sin: Interior Motion and God's Love

God's Movement of the Will in Justification: Free Will Interaction

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